Adoption of Party-Prepared Findings Reversed in Knoxville, Tennessee Divorce: Johnson v. Johnson
When can a Tennessee court adopt an order or findings prepared by a party?
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced after 27 years of marriage. Their divorce trial took place over seven days between November and June.
In May, the trial judge—Chancellor Pridemore—was defeated in a primary election. He continued to preside over the trial.
At the trial’s end, Chancellor Pridemore did not say how he intended to rule or why. Instead, he asked the parties to file proposed findings…
Division of Proceeds from Sale of Property Affirmed in Knoxville, Tennessee Divorce: Holleman v. Holleman
Is there any substantive difference between a judgment and a final order in Tennessee?
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced in 2006. Their marital dissolution agreement (“MDA”) provided that a piece of real estate would be sold. Until it sold, Husband was responsible for paying all debt and expenses associated with the property.
The parties had difficulty selling the property.
Eventually, Wife filed a petition for contempt, alleging that Husband improperly kept rental proceeds from…
I emailed my former civil procedure professor when the majority of GRA/GTA positions were posted on my school’s hiring board, saying basically that “hey bruh I noticed you didn’t have a GRA post up, lmk if that changes.”
He emailed me last night offering me a GTA position, and I don’t think I’d be getting this position if I hadn’t put the idea in his head in the first place. I’m really looking forward to the opportunity, both because it’s the doctrinal class most relevant to my field and because this is the kind of professor to assign things like “hey a new Trump-related filing just dropped, can you do a first-look analysis for me.”
So this is your sign to send a similar email when you’re in a similar position, before some mediocre white man beats you to it.