Abandonment is the deliberate act of forsaking a partner without notification or the intention of returning. According to U. S. military law which is valid for Tennessee residents, too, if a service member abandons a partner, that partner has certain rights and is...
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Year: 2014
Changing a child custody arrangement in Tennessee
Like any child who is unfortunately part of a custody situation in the United States, Tennessee children are affected most by contentious custody battles. As parents fight it out in court, children often worry about who will take custody and provide for them. To help...
Are Tennessee’s child-support enforcement efforts adequate?
Whenever one parent is left to raise a child alone and the other parent is capable of providing support to cover the costs of health care, education and day-to-day living, a court will generally order the noncustodial parent to make monthly payments. When child...
Modifying a residential parenting schedule in Tennessee
Under Tennessee law, a parent can seek two types of modifications to parenting plans: a change in the residential parenting schedule and a change in child custody. A change of custody is usually difficult to obtain. But if a parent can establish that there has been...
How the Tennessee Investment Services Trust Act works
Tennessee residents who divorce often wonder how they can protect their assets. Although both premarital and postmarital agreements are good options, others are also available. One of those, the Tennessee Community Property Trust, was discussed on this blog a few...
Developing a comprehensive parenting plan in Tennessee
Divorce is never easy, especially when there are children involved. Two people may choose to part ways because of irreconcilable differences and lead a better life, but a divorce can have long-term detrimental effects on the children of the divorcing couple if proper...
Basketball star’s paternity lawsuit reaches favorable resolution
In modern times, many men in Tennessee and the rest of the country are asserting their fathers' rights in an effort to preserve their relationship with children. Fathers are not only trying to spend as much time as possible with their children through court-approved...
Federal laws related to child support enforcement
Both Tennessee state laws and federal laws consider child support delinquency to be a serious offense. Although most child support matters are governed by Tennessee laws, there are certain exceptional cases that fall under the purview of federal child support...
How do federal laws protect divorcing deployed service members?
Service members anywhere in the country, especially those at Fort Campbell and around northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky, know that military life can be challenging. For those who have families, active deployment and periodic relocations make it difficult for...
Tennessee gets D grade for failure to support shared parenting
Until the last two decades or so, most courts in Tennessee and the rest of the country tended to award custody of a couple's children to the mother based on the idea that mothers not only naturally knew what was best for young children but also could provide it more...
