The court approved a negotiated agreement between the parties in Childress v. Lege that the attorneys announced and the parties confirmed under oath. The temporary orders provide for therapeutic visitation in the Middle Tennessee area once a month with therapists to be agreed by counsel; the first visit is up to two hours, the second visit up to two hours, and third and subsequent visits up to four hours as the therapist recommends.

Under the terms, the therapist — agreed by the parties' attorneys — will forward records from each visitation, and the father may speak individually to each child for up to 15 minutes on the weekend of the visitation if the child agrees; otherwise, phone-contact remains 30 minutes. The agreement also included hair-follicle testing with results to be provided to the mother or her attorney within 24 hours and an allocation of costs to the father for testing and related inspections.

Both parties affirmed the announced terms under oath and the judge approved and entered the announced agreement as a temporary court order effective on the record. The court directed counsel to file a written copy of the agreement with the clerk so the terms are reflected in the file.

Ending: The order is effective immediately; counsel were instructed to file a written version of the agreed temporary orders with the clerk for the court record.