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Tennessee Mother Allowed to Relocate with Child and Designated Primary Residential Parent
Watson v. Watson Facts The parties were divorced in 2001, and they both lived in Lexington, Tennessee. They shared parenting time, with their child going back and forth between their homes on a daily basis. The next year, the Mother remarried and moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She then petitioned [...]
One child abused is one too many
In the early 1980s, a Child Abuse Awareness campaign was started, and Congress vowed to identify and implement solutions to end child abuse. The first national Child Abuse Prevention Week was June 6-12, 1982. The next year, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. You can [...]
Failing to Encourage a Relationship Between Your Child and the Other Parent Could Cost you Equal Parenting Time: Taylor v. Knott
Facts The Mother and Father in this case were never married, though they had 2 children together. A parenting plan was entered by the trial court in 2005, and this plan designated the Father as the Primary Residential Parent. However, in 2007 the plan was modified to give the [...]
Child Support Reduction Overturned: Uria v. Uria
Facts This Husband and Wife, after 2 children and 5 years of marriage, divorced. The parties attended mediation and submitted an Agreed Parenting Plan to the trial court. The Father's monthly child support obligation was set at $667. However, the Mother later filed a Motion, which required the Father [...]
TN Legislature Looking to Change how Judges are Selected
TN Legislative update: a resolution passed both houses of the TN legislature that will put a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot in November 2014. This amendment will change how judges are appointed in TN - it will maintain the yes-no retention elections for Supreme Court justices and intermediate [...]