Court Rulings

This appeal arises out of a property dispute. Although we agree with the Appellant that the trial court erred in pointing to the "good faith" of one of the Appellees when denying the Appellant any damages for Appellee's construction of a fence on the Appellant's land, and therefore remand this case for the entry of a judgment awarding the Appellant nominal damages for trespass, we conclude that the remainder of the Appellant's grievances, and requests for additional relief, are waived due to insufficient briefing.

This appeal concerns the award of attorney's fees in a post-divorce dispute. Clayton Sugg Wilson, Jr. ("Father") and Rebecca Lynn Blocker Huston ("Mother") were divorced in 2017, at which time Mother was named the primary residential parent of the parties' one minor child, and Father was ordered to pay child support as well as one-half of their child's uninsured medical expenses. Four years later, Father filed a petition to modify his child support obligation, claiming that his income had decreased so much that Mother should pay him child support. Mother opposed Father's petition and filed a petition for civil contempt and to enforce the parties' permanent parenting plan, claiming that Father had repeatedly failed to pay his child support obligation and his share of their child's uncovered medical expenses. The trial court found Father in civil contempt and awarded Mother an arrearage judgment. Based on his 2020 income, the court reduced Father's monthly child support obligation. The court awarded Mother her attorney's fees in bringing the contempt action. Father then filed a motion for apportionment of Mother's attorney's fees, which the trial court denied, finding that the fees awarded to Mother were reasonable. Father appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for apportionment of fees. We affirm the trial court in all respects. Finding that Mother is entitled to recover her reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and expenses incurred on appeal under Tennessee Code Annotated § 36-5- 103(c), we remand for a determination and award thereof.

Prohibition mandamus sua sponte dismissal R.C. 2969.25(C) affidavit of indigency affidavit of waiver statement of inmate account. A complaint for writs of prohibition and mandamus was sua sponte dismissed because the incarcerated relator failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25(C) by filing the necessary affidavits that this statute requires when initiating an action against a governmental agency or employee.

R.C. 2711.10(D) — ARBITRATION — COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENT: In a dispute concerning a township employee's termination, the trial court erred in vacating the arbitrator's award of reinstatement and making the employee whole under R.C. 2711.10(D) where nothing in the collective-bargaining agreement prevented the arbitrator from awarding any remedy inherent within the relief requested in the employee's written grievance in order to provide the employee with a full and adequate remedy under the provision of the collective-bargaining agreement relevant to the arbitrator's decision. The trial court erred in vacating the arbitrator's award under R.C. 2711.10(D) where it vacated the award due to a perceived error in the arbitrator's exercise of her powers under the collective-bargaining agreement.