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Tennessee Divorce – Supreme Court Reverses Award of Long Term Alimony In a recent decision the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed the Tennessee Court of Appeals and held that in the divorce case of Johanna L. Gonsewski v. Craig W. Gonsewski that alimony in futuro was not appropriate.   Mrs.  Gonsewski filed a complaint for divorce in 2007 requesting alimony both temporary and permanent.  The evidence indicated that the parties were married for twenty-one (21) years, and throughout the marriage both the husband and wife worked.  In the year before the divorce the husband’s earnings were approximately $65,000.00 more than the wife’s earnings of $72,000 perRead More →

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Can Police Track Suspect by GPS Without a Warrant? Is this a Violation of the Fourth Amendment Rights Regarding Search and Seizure? The U.S. Justice Department is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court decision requiring police to get a warrant before attaching a global positioning device (GPS) to a suspect’s car.  Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal urged the Supreme Court to grant cert (review of lower court’s decision) to resolve a circuit split, according to the Washington Post. At issue is whether use of the device is a “search” under the Fourth Amendment and whether a person has an expectationRead More →