Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

using taped evidence for divorce

I left my husband several months ago because of some horrific things I found out about him. NOt only is he very irresponsible, but I found out from his own son that my husband had molested him when he was 13 years old and several other young boys but all of this went unreported. I actually had it investigated but since the son would not admit to the detectives that his dad did anything to him, out of fear, they had to drop the charges, there was nothing they could do. I was thinking of taping a conversation between the son and me about the molestation to use in court for my upcoming divorce. since we have a child together, I am going to ask for supervised visitation since I feel our child would be in jeapory if he has unsupervised visitation with her for even for a little while. Would this evidence be submissable in court or would it be a waste of time? My husband is a very sick man and Im very afraid for my little girl and feel helpless.


Asked on 11/13/06, 12:59 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jes Beard Jes Beard, Attorney at Law

Re: using taped evidence for divorce

There are a number of possible reasons to record your son during such a conversation, but it is not quite as easy as just recording him and them playing it back in court. The best idea would be to first contact an attorney about the divorce and parenting issues and then to proceed from there. If you would like to discuss anything with me, simply contact me thru my website at jesbeard.com There you will also find a link setting out just what the law is in Tennessee on recording conversations. That link is at http://jesbeard.com/16.htm

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Answered on 11/13/06, 7:14 am


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