Surrogacy Contracts Approved by Supreme Court of Tennessee
Tennessee law case summary on surrogacy contracts in family law from the Supreme Court. In re Baby – Tennessee divorce surrogacy in Tennessee L.G. and A.T. were citizens of Italy and were unable to...
View ArticleJudicial Recusal Required After Refusing to Sign Order in Tennessee...
Tennessee law case summary on judge’s recusal in divorce from the Court of Appeals. In re Adison P. – Tennessee divorce judicial recusal Adison P. was born in 2002 to unwed parents. A paternity and...
View ArticleAppeals Court Calls on Tennessee Legislature to Decide Surrogacy Issues
Tennessee law case summary on surrogacy in family law from the Court of Appeals. In re: Amadi A. – Tennessee surrogacy The intended parents in this Tennessee surrogacy case filed a petition to be named...
View ArticleTennessee Son’s Abuse of Power of Attorney Set Aside Due to Undue Influence &...
Tennessee law case summary on fraud and undue influence in family law. Dorothy Lewis v. Sam Lewis – Tennessee undue influence and fraud Dorothy and Roscoe Lewis were never legally married, but held...
View Article5 Things Family Lawyers Should Know About Drug Testing
Drug tests, testing, hair, urine, blood, saliva, length of time in system, positive, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, Ecstasy (MDMA), hydrocodone, hydromorphone, marijuana,...
View ArticleTN Parental Rights Judgment Can Be Upheld, Even Though Initially Void
Tennessee case summary on family law and parental rights termination. Kevin Turner v. Stephanie D. Turner The mother and father in this Tennessee parental rights case were married in 1996 and had two...
View ArticleTN Supreme Court Affirms Termination of Parental Rights Despite Claim of...
Tennessee case summary on parental rights termination. In re Carrington H. et al. The mother in this Tennessee parental rights termination case gave birth to six children between 1996 and 2004. Even...
View ArticleRights on Naming Your Child in Tennessee
Laws on naming a child in Tennessee; baby naming laws; how to change child’s last name on birth certificate in Tennessee; name change of a minor in Tennessee. Parents have important rights to naming...
View ArticleTN Lawyer Sanctioned for Filing Frivolous Contempt Motion in Neglect Case
Tennessee case summary on Rule 11 sanctions against an attorney. In re Carolina M. The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services commenced this case in Williamson County with a petition to find a...
View ArticleName 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...
View ArticleTennessee Transgender Teen Can Legally Change Name
Tennessee case summary on a minor’s name change in family law. In re Leyna A. The sixteen-year-old minor in this Tennessee case was transgender and was currently undergoing medical transition via...
View ArticleMom Guilty of Criminal Contempt for Disparaging Dad in Front of Kids
Tennessee child custody case summary on contempt after divorce. Sheridan Nichols (formerly Crockett) v. Richard David Crockett, Jr. The parenting plan in this Washington County, Tennessee, case...
View ArticleSup. Ct.: Absentee TN Dad Can Sue When Mom Killed in Car Crash
Tennessee child support case summary on inheritance in family law. Kenneth M. Spires v. Haley Reece Simpson The mother and father in this Tennessee case were married, and had one son who was born in...
View ArticleDad Failed to Show Evidence to Warrant Changing Last Name of Daughter
Tennessee child custody case summary on child’s name change. In re McKenzie Z. The child in this Davidson County, Tennessee, case was born to a single mother in 2008. In 2014, the mother informed the...
View Article2018 TN Legislative Update: Child Marriage, Grandparent Visitation, Orders of...
Immediately apparent from this 2018 legislative update is how busy the Tennessee Assembly has been with revising family law statutes. A series of Public Chapters were signed into law by Governor Haslam...
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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...
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2019 Tennessee Family Law Legislative Update and Overview
It’s that time again! New Tennessee legislation is already having a direct and substantial impact on family law cases. How might these new laws affect your case? First, stepparent visitation just got a...
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Cognitive Dissonance in Family Law
By Morgan Smith, Paralegal, Miles Mason Family Law Group, PLC Morgan Smith Cognitive Dissonance is a unique theory that occurs when one’s ideas, beliefs, or behaviors are contradictory. By...
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Joshua Wallis: Lessons Learned From the Stage for Court
Joshua Wallis presenting at the firm’s Lunch & Learn series. On July 19, 2019 the Miles Mason Family Law Group welcomed Attorney Joshua Wallis of The Landers Firm for a compelling, informative, and...
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No Malpractice When Lawyer Adds Reasonable Conditions to PPP
Tennessee family law malpractice claim in custody case. Matthew Marble v. Jaimee Underwood This Macon County, Tennessee, legal malpractice case had its start in a custody case involving a child born in...
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