Every family lawyer has heard some version of the same story.A couple lives together for years. They buy a home. One partner sacrifices career opportunities to help raise children, support the household, or care for the other partner. They build
Facts: Grandmother is Child’s paternal grandmother. Mother and Father initially involved Grandmother in Child’s life, and Child sometimes stayed with Grandmother on weekends and for extended periods. Their relationship later deteriorated, and Mother and Father stopped allowing Grandmother to see
Facts: Father and Mother had three Children. In 2015, the family moved from California to Middle Tennessee. Two years later, Maternal Grandfather and Maternal Step-Grandmother also moved to Middle Tennessee to be closer to the Children.Father and Mother divorced in
Facts: Mother and Father divorced after Child’s birth. Their Michigan divorce decree was later registered in Nashville, Tennessee.The Tennessee trial court temporarily suspended Father’s parenting time after finding that Father had a serious alcohol problem, had engaged in witness tampering
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2014 and had two Children. In 2018, Father petitioned to modify child support. The appellate record did not include the underlying child-support hearings.The trial court entered an order in February 2024 finding that Father
For years, prenuptial agreements have carried a certain stigma. Many people viewed them as documents for the wealthy, designed to protect family fortunes or shield one spouse from the financial risks of marriage.That perception may be changing.As a family law
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in Virginia. Their divorce decree incorporated an agreement providing that they would alternate parenting time with Child every three weeks. The agreement also provided that, when Child reached school age, Child would attend school where
Facts: The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services first became involved with Child in April 2023 after a domestic-violence referral. Child was removed from Mother’s custody by emergency protective order on July 17, 2023.At removal, Mother admitted methamphetamine use. Child had
