Cowboy Boots & Hero Sandwiches Valued in TN Divorce
- At September 13, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Business Valuation, Divorce
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Tennessee business valuation law case summary – retail apparel and fast food restaurant. Divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Deborah Joanne Cupples Plunk v. Edward Lee Plunk — Tennessee divorce business valuation (from 1997) Deborah Plunk (wife) appealed the final divorce decree entered by the trial court which awarded custody of the […]
Read More»Tenn. Wife of Soldier Proved Abuse & Wins Legal Separation Not Divorce
Tennessee law case summary on legal separation in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Torrie Schneider Longanacre v. Matthew Robert Longanacre — decision of legal separation within discretion of trial court even over objection of TN husband seeking divorce who failed to prove grounds for inappropriate marital conduct on part of wife Matthew […]
Read More»Tennessee Court Allows for Car Payments Made in Lieu of Child Support
Tennessee child support law case law summary on credit for car payments from the Court of Appeals. Keenan W. Carroll v. Chandra P. Carroll — Assumption of wife’s car payments in lieu of Tennessee child support reasonable This case involves the issue of retroactive child support and whether the trial court appropriately denied wife’s request. Husband’s divorce […]
Read More»Uncontested, Mutually Agreed Divorces for Tennessee Spouses
In Tennessee, there is no special status for an “agreed divorce.” It is a term created by the Supreme Court of Tennessee to describe for the general public how to proceed (and really when to proceed) with representing yourself in a divorce case with very little conflict between the parties. Embedded in the forms and […]
Read More»Tennessee Father and Prisoner Contests Waiver of Parental Rights
- At September 07, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Family Law, Home
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Tennessee law case summary on adoption and termination of parental rights in family law from the Court of Appeals. In re Jordan T.J. – Termination of Parental Rights of Incarcerated Father Father was incarcerated at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison and was indigent. He appealed the termination of his parental rights claiming that he was denied due process […]
Read More»Unclean Hands Doctrine Prevented Property Transfer Before TN Divorce
- At September 05, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce, Home, Property Division
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Tennessee law case summary on property transfer in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Connie Lou Jolley v. Ronald Van Jolley — unclean hands prevented husband from asserting relief from the court Connie Lou Jolley (“wife”) and Ronald Van Jolley (“husband”) were married in 1981 and separated after 28 years of marriage. Wife filed a complaint […]
Read More»No Recusal For Judge with Ties to the Wife’s Father in Divorce Action
- At September 03, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Divorce Process, Home
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Tennessee law case summary on judicial recusal in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. In re Jacob H.C. — no recusal of judge with personal relationship with father of wife This appeal was from the denial of a motion to recuse filed by B. C., father of Jacob H.C. (“father”), who had initiated a proceeding […]
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