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Judge temporarily modifies parenting time after 15-year-old cites mother—s phone contact with incarcerated man

Cheatham County Circuit Court (Judge David D. Wolfe) · November 5, 2025
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Summary

After in-chambers testimony and review of phone records, the court temporarily modified parenting time in Forte v. Forte to reflect the 15-year-old—s stated preference and ordered the mother to limit phone contact with an incarcerated person while children are present.

The court heard testimony (including in chambers) on a motion to modify temporary parenting time involving a 15-year-old, Mikaeli. The child testified she did not want to spend a full week at the mother—s house because the mother frequently took lengthy phone calls from a man who is incarcerated and whom the child associated with prior threats and instability.

Mother Elizabeth Forte testified she has continued phone contact with the incarcerated man and provided phone records showing multiple 15-minute collect calls on the first Saturday the child was with her…

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