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The material contained in these articles and downloads is for your information only and is not to be reproduced or reused without our express written consent. The content will not apply in all situations or in all jurisdictions. The Cases Citing Vance are a few of the appellate cases in which he testified in the trial as an expert.

DEBORAH R. CHASE v. CHRISTOPHER W. CHASE

July 10, 2023 | Article by Vance

Awarding spousal support when Wife allegedly failed to demonstrate a need for alimony; Valuation of Husband’s medical practice (Enterprise & Personal Goodwill revisited); among other issues

JAMES FRANKLIN BYRD v. VALERIE FINLEY BYRD v. BYRD BROTHERS, LLC, ET AL.

January 19, 2023 | Case Citing Vance

TN Divorce Case Regarding Which Expert Can Testify Either Vance or Pascal, Impartiality of the Expert Under Rule 706, Consequences of Not Cooperating and Proper Business Valuation Methods

Breakin' Up is Hard to Do

January 1, 2022 | Article by Vance

As Published in Tennessee Bar Journal, August 2009 - A detailed analysis of property division and alimony need and ability to pay.

Julius T. Malone Et Al. v. ASF Intermodal, LLC - 2022 - Vance Testified - Economic Damages for Personal Injury Upheld

October 26, 2021 | Case Citing Vance

Appellant (ASF) stipulated that its employee was the at-fault driver in a motor vehicle accident involving Appellee (Malone). Appellee and his wife filed suit against Appellant for personal injuries and the issue of damages was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of Appellees.

Owens v. Owens - 2021 - Business Valuation of Veterinary Clinic - Trial Value Upheld

August 19, 2021 | Case Citing Vance

At issue was the value of Taylor Animal Hospital (“TAH”). Vance valued TAH in total as of June 30, 2019, at $1,281,502. Applying discounts for lack of marketability (10%) and lack of control (20%), Husband’s 45% interest was valued at $415,000.

Schwager v. Messer - 2019 - Father's True Income for Support; Personal Expenses Run Through Business

June 18, 2019 | Case Citing Vance

This case was post-divorce action concerning modification of the Father’s child support obligation with the major issue being his true income for support. The Messers were Divorced in 2009 and the Permanent Parenting Plan (“PPP”) provided that Father was to pay to Mother $1,000.00 per month in child support, beginning on February 1, 2009.

Tarver v. Tarver - 2019 - Marital Interest in Real Property & Imputed Income

January 16, 2019 | Case Citing Vance

“This appeal involves a unique divorce proceeding”. Throughout most of the parties’ 29-year marriage, the husband worked as vice president of his father’s railroad construction business, Shelby Railroad. Numerous properties, assets, and accounts were jointly titled in the names of the husband and his father (referred to as Grandfather in the appeal) over the years. When the wife filed a complaint for divorce, she named as defendants not only the husband but also Grandfather.

Lucchesi v. Lucchesi - 2019 - Value of Business at Date of Marriage, Separate Property & Asset Valuation Methods

November 13, 2018 | Case Citing Vance

The Lucchesi case was a forensic accountant’s dream engagement in that it brought to bear all of the skills of a forensic CPA and business valuation analyst. My firm, Forensic & Valuation Services, PLC valued a business at date of marriage in 1994 for a divorce occurring in 2016, traced funds in and out of many financial accounts and found $950,000 in undisclosed assets that the trial court ruled as marital and divided, opined on Husband’s “Failure to Preserve the Marital Estate”

Marital Balance Sheet & Alimony Need & Ability to Pay Report

January 1, 2018 | Article by Vance

Includes Martial Balance Sheet, Calculations of Wife's Need for Support, Calculations of Husband's Ability to Pay Support and Net Worth Graphs