Miles Mason, Sr. Wins Joe Henry Writing Award from TBJ
- At October 20, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Child Support, Family Law, News
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At this year’s Tennessee Bar Association annual convention in Memphis, I was awarded the prestigious Justice Joseph W. Henry Award for Outstanding Legal Writing. The award, named for a former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, is presented to the writer of the “most outstanding” Tennessee Bar Journal article of the previous year. It is […]
Read More»Husband to Pay Alimony After Financial Duplicity and Alcohol Abuse
Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 7 years married. Andrew Francis Tittle v. Deidre Lyn DeYoung Tittle The parties in this Williamson County, Tennessee, case met in Michigan, and moved to Tennessee in 2014, after the husband was offered a position with his father’s company overseeing operations in the region. They married in 2014 and […]
Read More»Property Husband Bought Day After Wedding Remained Separate
Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. David E. Tate v. Felicia M. Tate The husband and wife in this Rutherford County case were married in 2020. The day after the wedding, the husband closed on the purchase of property, and the parties lived there for the duration of their short marriage. The property […]
Read More»Custody Determination Reversed When Not Clearly Court’s Independent Judgment
- At August 20, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Child Custody, Divorce
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Tennessee case summary on the independent judgement of courts in divorce. Lisa Sykes v. Paul Cox The father in this Tennessee case filed a petition for custody in Sullivan County, but when the mother challenged venue, the case was moved to Montgomery County. The trial court, Judge Wayne C. Shelton, granted the father custody, and […]
Read More»Court Lacks Authority to Transfer Property Owned by LLC
- At August 19, 2024
- By Kathryn Owen
- In Divorce, Property Division
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Tennessee case summary on property division in divorce. Louise Ann Sexton v. Michael Bryant Sexton The wife in this Knox County, Tennessee, case filed for divorce in 2018. The filing of the case put into effect the automatic statutory injunction under a Tennessee statute, and both parties signed a document acknowledging that injunction. The husband […]
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