This appeal involves a mother‘s post-divorce petition to modify a parenting plan. The court below determined that while a material change of circumstances had occurred, modification of the plan was not in the child‘s best interest. The mother appeals. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the Chancery Court.

This is an appeal of an order modifying a party's child support obligation. The trial court granted Appellee?s petition to downwardly modify her child support obligation based on a decrease in Appellee's income. Appellant objected, arguing that Appellee was voluntarily underemployed. The trial court found that Appellee was not underemployed and determined Appellee's income for the purpose of child support obligation by averaging the income she earned in each of her previous five positions. We affirm in part and vacate in part.

This appeal concerns the propriety of a writ of certiorari granted by the Williamson County Chancery Court to review a protective custody order entered by the Williamson County Juvenile Court. The chancery court held that the protective custody order from the juvenile court was void and enjoined the Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) from interfering with the paternal grandmother’s physical and legal custody of the minor children at issue.

The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct issued a public reprimand Monday to Rutherford County Juvenile Judge Donna Davenport after she described a father and/or his counsel as a “sneaky snake” following the transfer of a child custody case. Davenport had signed off on the transfer and acknowledged it as lawful, but later accused the father of “manipulating the court schedule.” As part of the reprimand, the judge agreed to issue a letter of apology to the father and his counsel.  

Fourth Judicial District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn said he will continue to use Detective Rodney Burns, who has been indicted for perjury, as a witness in pending cases in Sevier County. Burns was charged with two counts of aggravated perjury following statements he made during a hearing in the Ooltewah rape case. His arraignment has been set for June 10, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. 

Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston today dropped the charge of failing to report child sexual abuse against a volunteer-assistant basketball coach at Ooltewah High School. The Times Free Press reports the charges were dropped against Karl Williams because he "was not provided any training regarding the mandatory reporting law.” The school’s head basketball coach was indicted last week on four counts of failing to report child sexual abuse. 

The state Alcoholic Beverage Commission announced Clay Byrd will be its executive director, The Tennessean reports. Byrd previously served as assistant general counsel for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Secretary. Byrd replaces Ginna Winfree, who had been filling the position on an interim basis after then-executive director Keith Bell abruptly resigned. 

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is publicly blasting Gov. Bill Haslam over claims that the state failed to provide money to treat mentally ill and addicted inmates from the jail population, according to a Betty Bean column. Burchett said he was led to believe that the state would provide $2 million to fund a behavioral health urgent care unit. 

Politico reports the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission are scrutinizing U.S. Sen. Bob Corker’s personal finances after the Tennessee Republican failed to report millions of dollars in assets and income on his annual financial disclosure. Corker has blamed the inaccuracies on "filing errors." 

Tennessee has joined 11 states in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice over a recent guidance issued regarding which bathrooms transgender students may use, according to the Office of the Attorney General. “As the complaint describes, it is a social experiment implemented by federal departments denying basic privacy rights and placing the burden largely on our children, not adults,” said Attorney General Herbert Slatery.