Grandparents Cannot Intervene in Parental Rights Termination Case

Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation rights. In re: C.H. This was a parental rights termination case from Jefferson County, Tennessee. The child was born in 2010 and lived in a home with the parents, aunt, older cousin, and maternal grandparents. In 2014, the child was removed from the home due, in part, to […]

Grandmother Awarded Visitation After Mom Ignores Calls and Texts

Tennessee child custody case summary on grandparent visitation rights. Monica Chamberlain v. Myra Danielle Brown In this Tennessee grandparent visitation case, the parents lived with the paternal grandmother when the child was born until the child was 2-1/2 years old. In 2011, the mother, father, and child moved out of the grandmother’s house. The next year, […]

Name Change in Custody Case Hinges on Best Interests of Children

Tennessee case summary on name change in Tennessee family law. Nathan Z. Vinson v. Kristin Denise Ball, et al. In this Cumberland County, Tennessee, child custody case, the biological parents agreed to an order in 2010 naming the mother as the primary residential parent, with the father having visitation rights. The mother sent the two […]

Mom Can Relocate with Child to Colorado Despite Viability of New Job

Tennessee parent relocation law case summary. Cheryl Ellen Mouton v. Michael Mouton The mother and father in this Hamilton County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2015. They had two children who were seven and fifteen years old at the time of trial. Under the permanent parenting plan, the mother was named as the primary residential […]

Relocation Granted Mom and New Husband Get Jobs Out of State

Tennessee child custody case summary on relocation law in divorce. Nove Kephart, Sr., v. Daniela F. Schwarzer Kephart The mother and father in this Tennessee parental relocation case were the parents of two children. Under the 2012 divorce decree, the mother was named the primary residential parent. After the divorce, she remarried. After a modification, the […]