A subject I often encounter in my family law practice is the matter of post-divorce parental alienation. When one parent substantially interferes with or undermines the other parent’s relationship with their children, a claim of alienation can arise. Such alienation […]
Pursuant to the “American Rule,” parties to litigation are generally responsible for paying their own attorney’s fees, unless an applicable statute or contract provides that the prevailing party is entitled to recover attorney’s fees from the other side. One such […]
A particularly difficult post-divorce problem arises when one parent wishes to relocate with a child to another state. In March of this year, the Tennessee Supreme Court rendered an important decision on this subject, Aragon v. Aragon, 513 S.W.3rd 47 […]
In Tennessee, biological fathers’ parental rights do not exist in the absence of an order of parentage and the establishment of a parenting plan order. That the father is named on the child’s birth certificate or signs an acknowledgement of […]
Williamson v. Lamm is an instructive example of how the standard applicable to determining whether a material change in circumstances has occurred with regard to a residential parenting schedule is different from that for determining whether such a change has […]
“The decision presents an instructive example of how a reversal may be obtained, when a trial court’s alimony award is not supported by sufficient factual findings.” Appellate court reversals of trial courts’ alimony awards are rare. The determination whether to […]
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