A husband and wife divorced a little over two years after marrying. On appeal, the wife asserts the trial court erred when it classified five real properties as the husband’s separate property. The wife also takes issue with the court’s division of attorney’s fees and requests her fees on appeal. We find the court failed to make adequate findings related to its division of attorney’s fees. Therefore, we vacate the portion of the order relating to fees and expenses and remand the matter for the court to make additional findings. We affirm the trial court in all other aspects and decline to award the wife her attorney’s fees incurred on appeal.

In this divorce with no children, the trial court declared the parties divorced and referred the property issues and requests for attorney’s fees to a special master. The special master recommended an equal division of the marital estate and that each party pay their own attorney’s fees. The wife objected to these recommendations. After a hearing, the trial court adopted the special master’s findings and recommendations, with one small exception. On appeal, the wife challenges the division of the marital estate and the failure to award attorney’s fees. We affirm.

Appellant, City of Memphis, has appealed an order of the Shelby County Chancery Court that was entered on June 4, 2024. We determine that the trial court’s order does not constitute a final appealable judgment. As a result, this Court lacks jurisdiction to consider this appeal. The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.

This is an interlocutory appeal as of right, pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 10B, filed by Christina Lemek Blackwell (“Petitioner”) seeking to recuse the trial judge in this case. Having reviewed the petition for recusal appeal filed by Petitioner and finding no reversible error, we affirm.

A man sought to intervene as of right in a family member’s action for partition of real property. The trial court determined that the proposed intervenor did not have an interest in the subject property. So it denied his request to intervene and his other requests for relief. We affirm.

Tennessee Attorney General (AG) Jonathan Skrmetti has announced that his office has filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Chancery Court seeking judicial dissolution of the National Foundation for Transplants Inc. (NFT), a Memphis-based nonprofit that raised funds for organ transplant patients. According to a press release, the lawsuit follows an investigation into the organization’s business practices and handling of patient donations. NFT announced in 2024 that it would cease operations due to financial difficulties. The AG’s Office launched the investigation after receiving complaints from patients and donors who alleged NFT had misrepresented that donations made to specific patients would be restricted for their use. Instead, NFT later claimed those donations were unrestricted and placed in a general fund. Many patients discovered they could no longer access the funds they believed had been raised for their medical needs. The lawsuit, filed under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, seeks to dissolve the organization on the grounds that it acted in a persistently fraudulent manner, abused its authority or can no longer fulfill its charitable mission. If granted, the court would oversee the distribution of NFT’s remaining assets to a nonprofit with a similar purpose.

Morristown attorney Gary E. Brewer died March 31 at age 79. He received his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1969. Brewer was a member of the Hamblen County and Tennessee Bar Associations and the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, where he served as president from 1988-1989. He was also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Tennessee Appellate Court Nomination Committee from 1988 to 1992, and a member of the Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission from 1994 to 2006, serving as chairman for two of those years. Brewer was senior partner at Brewer & Terry PC in Morristown. A memorial will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. EDT on April 19 in the East Chapel of Allen Funeral Home, 200 Jaybird Rd., Morristown 37814, followed by a Celebration of Life service at 3 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to Friends of Hospice Serenity House, 421 N. High St., Morristown, TN 37814.

The TBA is offering an on-demand webinar, “8 Things Killing Your Law Firm and How to Stop Them,” aimed at helping attorneys identify and eliminate wasteful practices that do not add value from the client’s perspective. As legal clients increasingly seek value and shop around for efficient representation, the webinar provides practical guidance on streamlining operations by targeting the eight most common sources of inefficiency in a law firm. The session is available for viewing on both laptops and mobile devices. More information can be found on the TBA website.

Rainess Holmes pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated burglary and one count of second-degree murder in the 2021 death of Andrew “Drew” Rainer, a Rhodes College student. The Daily Memphian reports that Holmes was sentenced to 20 years in prison and received credit for the three and a half years he has already served. He will be required to serve 100% of the remaining sentence. Prosecutors said Holmes and several others broke into an off-campus home in October 2021 where Rainer, other students and a guest were staying. Rainer was shot in the chest during the break-in and pronounced dead at the scene. According to a statement from the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office, Holmes was one of four men who entered the home but was not the shooter.

For four consecutive weeks, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in West Knoxville has been closed for routine check-ins, causing heightened anxiety among immigrants, Knox News reports. Many affected residents are in the process of seeking asylum and could face removal if they miss scheduled check-ins. The office serves individuals who are either authorized to be in the United States or are working with the government to remain. Those awaiting immigration court dates, undergoing the asylum process, or subject to removal orders but considered low priority are typically required to check in every few months. Prior to the closure, three individuals were arrested without warning during a Feb. 12 check-in, despite facing no criminal charges.