Martin Child Custody Lawyer, Tennessee


Includes: Guardianships & Conservatorships, Custody & Visitation

Kent Farrell Gearin

Litigation, Wills & Probate, Family Law, Elder Law, Federal Appellate Practice
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  36 Years

Kent Gearin

Litigation, Wills & Probate, Family Law, Elder Law, Federal Appellate Practice
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  36 Years

Carol Godwin

Juvenile Law, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  15 Years

Carol Spain Godwin

Juvenile Law, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  15 Years

Damon Campbell

Family Law, Criminal, Disability, Administrative Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  47 Years

Damon Earl Campbell

Science, Technology & Internet, Family Law, Disability, Administrative Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  47 Years

Kelly Keylon

Juvenile Law, Other, Family Law, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

Kelly Keylon

Juvenile Law, Other, Family Law, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

John Morris Miles

Litigation, Trusts, Family Law, Insurance
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  55 Years

John Morris Miles

Litigation, Trusts, Family Law, Insurance
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  55 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

FITNESS

The ability of a prospective adoptive parent to provide for the best interests of a child. A court may consider many aspects of the prospective parents' lives i... (more...)
The ability of a prospective adoptive parent to provide for the best interests of a child. A court may consider many aspects of the prospective parents' lives in evaluating their fitness to adopt a child, including financial stability, marital stability, career obligations, other children, physical and mental health and criminal history.

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO)

An order that tells one person to stop harassing or harming another, issued after the aggrieved party appears before a judge. Once the TRO is issued, the court ... (more...)
An order that tells one person to stop harassing or harming another, issued after the aggrieved party appears before a judge. Once the TRO is issued, the court holds a second hearing where the other side can tell his story and the court can decide whether to make the TRO permanent by issuing an injunction. Although a TRO will often not stop an enraged spouse from acting violently, the police are more willing to intervene if the abused spouse has a TRO.

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

Legal reasons for requesting a divorce. All states require a spouse who files for divorce to state the grounds, court and whether requesting a fault divorce or ... (more...)
Legal reasons for requesting a divorce. All states require a spouse who files for divorce to state the grounds, court and whether requesting a fault divorce or a no-fault divorce.

QMSCO

See Qualified Medical Child Support Order.

CONNIVANCE

A situation set up so that another person commits a wrongdoing. For example, a husband who invites his wife's lover along on vacation may have connived her adul... (more...)
A situation set up so that another person commits a wrongdoing. For example, a husband who invites his wife's lover along on vacation may have connived her adultery, and if he tried to divorce her for her behavior, she could assert his connivance as a defense.

ADOPTED CHILD

Any person, whether an adult or a minor, who is legally adopted as the child of another in a court proceeding. See adoption.

ACKNOWLEDGED FATHER

The biological father of a child born to an unmarried couple who has been established as the father either by his admission or by an agreement between him and t... (more...)
The biological father of a child born to an unmarried couple who has been established as the father either by his admission or by an agreement between him and the child's mother. An acknowledged father must pay child support.

MISUNDERSTANDING

A mistake by both spouses in a marriage that can serve as grounds for an annulment. For example, if one spouse went into the marriage wanting children while the... (more...)
A mistake by both spouses in a marriage that can serve as grounds for an annulment. For example, if one spouse went into the marriage wanting children while the other did not, they have a misunderstanding that will be judged serious enough for a court to terminate the marriage.

PROVOCATION

The act of inciting another person to do a particular thing. In a fault divorce, provocation may constitute a defense to the divorce, preventing it from going t... (more...)
The act of inciting another person to do a particular thing. In a fault divorce, provocation may constitute a defense to the divorce, preventing it from going through. For example, if a wife suing for divorce claims that her husband abandoned her, the husband might defend the suit on the grounds that she provoked the abandonment by driving him out of the house.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Tuetken v. Tuetken

... protected. See Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-6-106(a); Kendrick v. Shoemake, 90 SW3d 566, 570 (Tenn.2002) (holding that child custody awards are always subject to modification to ensure that the best interests of the child are protected). ...

Pippin v. Pippin

... However, our Supreme Court has held that a trial court may modify an award of child custody "when both a material change of circumstances has occurred and a change of custody is in the child's best interests." See Kendrick v. Shoemake, 90 SW3d 566, 568 (Tenn.2002). ...

In Matter of MLP

... Specifically, Father argued that Tennessee Code Annotated section 37-2-403 (2005 & Supp.2008), which requires the Tennessee Department of Children's Services to notify parents of this ground for termination when a child is in the custody of a state agency such as DCS, is ...