NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A judge agreed to dismiss the emergency conservatorship request by Reese Witherspoon in her father's interest Monday morning and ordered that the court file remain sealed from the public.In May, Witherspoon filed an emergency motion to have her father, Dr. John Witherspoon, placed under a conservator after he was accused of marrying another woman while still married. Betty Witherspoon filed a lawsuit protesting his marriage to Tricianne Taylor, saying he was suffering from depression and possibly early onset dementia.
Circuit Judge Randy Kennedy has ordered nearly all proceedings in the conservatorship case be secret, in addition to any court records detailing John Witherspoon's situation. The Tennessean and WSMV-Channel 4 sued to unseal the proceedings and records.
On Monday, attorneys for Reese Witherspoon, Betty Witherspoon and John Witherspoon, in addition to the temporary guardian assigned to the case, agreed to drop the conservatorship. Reese Witherspoon's attorney, Andra Hedrick, said vaguely, "The situation has changed" and that the parties had all "dealt with this in a private way."
In a separate ruling, Kennedy said that the media and public do not have a right to see records filed in the conservatorship, accusing the media of tabloid journalism. Kennedy's ruling means the case will remain sealed from public eyes unless a higher court overrules him.
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4 comments:
Keeping the records sealed protects Judge Randy Kennedy, not the Witherspoon family.
Guardianship and Conservatorship are "proceedings in rem" (sorry about the legal techieee crap)
but that means they "are notice to the world"
in other words those records are EVERYONES' business, lest we let Judge Kennedy run some kind of secret camp where involuntary sterilizations are occurring --- oops my bad they are .... sterilized Danny Tate of his property, Ginger Franklin of her's, Ms. Timmon's she got whacked for all her property, sterilized Lisa Arnold of her mother,and those others who shall remain nameless that have fallen victim to Judge Kennedy and the Kennedy's of the courts across this country.
Just another example of Kennedy either not knowing what he is talking about --- or otherwise not speaking honeslty about what it is her truly knows ---- either way, I think ole "Legally Blondie" here just dodged a bullet, not like "Club Kennedy" to back away from the feeding trough ...
Kennedy does not belong on the bench because he does not follow the law!
You're right, Tim. Guardianship is everyone's business. The public has the right to know that the state is taking care of it's vulnerable.
Kennedy's hiding something.
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