NEW LAW in 2019 | Stepparent Visitation Now Tougher to Obtain
- At July 02, 2019
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, News
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Stepparent Visitation Now Tougher to Obtain When H.B. 674 passed the Assembly and was signed into law, stepparent visitation got a complete makeover. Public Chapter 431 amended T.C.A. § 36-6-303, replacing the old language in its entirety. Effective July 1, 2019, a stepparent who desires visitation with the other spouse’s child must be prepared to […]
Read More»NEW LAW in 2019 | Options Added: Joint PRP or No PRP
- At July 01, 2019
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, News
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Equal Parenting Time with Joint Primary Residential Parents Who should be the “primary residential parent” (PRP) when the parenting plan agreement gives both parties equal parenting time? Specific reference is made to that designation under Federal law and other state laws, namely Tennessee child support. In the past, some spouses butted heads, litigating disagreements arising […]
Read More»Wife Awarded Portion of Husband’s Military Pension + Fees
Tennessee case summary on divorce military retirement in divorce. Karen H. Foster v. Douglas S. Foster The husband and wife in this Montgomery County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2006. They entered into a marital dissolution agreement, and one of the main issues covered was the husband’s retirement pay. In 2016, the wife brought a […]
Read More»“Pickup Man” Country Music Star Gets Pickup & Pays Four Types of Alimony
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 17 years married. Joe Logan Diffie v. Theresa Crump Diffie This 2019 Tennessee Court of Appeals decision marked the end of the third marriage of country singer-songwriter Joe Diffie. The husband and wife were married in 2000. The Husband filed for divorce in Williamson County in 2015 on the […]
Read More»Dad’s Parenting Time Reduced Due to Abuse and Conflict
- At June 24, 2019
- By Miles Mason
- In Custody Modification
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Tennessee child custody modification case summary. April R. Burchfield v. D. Ryan Burchfield The mother and father in this Overton County, Tennessee, case were parents of two children born in 2006 and 2011. They were divorced in 2014 on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Under the permanent parenting plan, the mother was named the primary […]
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