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SAMUEL ADAM REESE v. LYNETTE ERIN REESE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 11, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jennifer L. Chadwell, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the appellant, Samuel Adam Reese.

Attorneys 2: Judith R. Whitfield, Farragut, Tennessee, for the appellee, Lynette Erin Reese.

Judge(s): SWINEY

The parties sought a divorce from one another and specifically contested who should be their child’s primary residential parent. After a three-day trial, the General Sessions Court for Roane County (“the Trial Court”) entered a final decree of divorce and designated the mother as the child’s primary residential parent. The father appealed. Finding that the Trial Court’s judgment lacked sufficient findings of fact and consideration of the best interest factors codified in Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-106, we vacate the Trial Court’s custody determination and remand this cause for the Trial Court to provide written findings of facts and conclusions of law, demonstrating its consideration of the best interest factors.

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