Unmarried Same-Sex Parent Had No Standing to Assert Visitation Rights
- At July 02, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Family Law
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Tennessee child custody case summary on same-sex couple but not married. Sandra Ann Pippin v. Christina Michelle Pippin In 2011, a child was born to one of the parties in this Wilson County, Tennessee, case. The biological mother had been artificially inseminated after her partner, also a woman, had made the mutual decision to have […]
Read More»Disbarred Ex-Husband Ordered to Pay $240K in Attorney’s Fees
- At July 01, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In After Divorce, Attorney's Fees
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Tennessee case summary on attorney’s fee in divorce. JILL ST. JOHN-PARKER v. VIRGIL DUANE PARKER The husband and wife in this Bradley County, Tennessee, case were married for over twenty years before their divorce. The husband was an attorney, the wife was a CPA, and they accumulated a large estate during the marriage. The husband, […]
Read More»Marketability Discount Applicable to Interest in Family Business
- At June 30, 2020
- By Miles Mason
- In Business Valuation
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South Carolina divorce case summary on business valuation and minority discounts. Clark v. Clark Family court could determine that marketability discount was applicable to wife’s 25% interest in closely held family business, as part of determining an equitable distribution in divorce case; both husband’s and wife’s experts initially applied a marketability discount, with wife’s expert […]
Read More»Father Found in Contempt for Child Support After Two Appeals
Tennessee child support case summary on income determination and contempt. Jeffrey Glenn Mitchell v. Carol Ann Thomas Mitchell This divorce case from Blount County, Tennessee, was the subject of an appeal to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in 2019. The parties in that case had divorced and were back in court regarding modifications of child […]
Read More»Mom Alleged Violation of Anti-disparagement Clause But Child Too Young
Massachusetts child custody case summary on NON-DISPARAGEMENT CLAUSE. Shak v. Shak During divorce proceeding, mother filed a complaint for civil contempt alleging father violated the nondisparagement orders. The court declined to find father in contempt, found the orders constituted an unlawful restraint on speech, and issued new nondisparagement orders. Mother appealed. Held: “Assuming for the […]
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