Regardless if a family is or is not involved in the military, divorce can be an emotionally difficult time of change. Whether it involves a couple or two married couples and their kids, military families have to deal with the same issues as regular non-military...
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Military Divorce
How is military divorce different from civilian divorce?
Divorce is rarely an easy and stress-free event. However, preparing for your impeding divorce in the right way can help to ease the stress caused by this big change in your and your family's life. Active and inactive military members need to look at divorce...
Attorneys who can help with child support in military divorces
Military families are very vulnerable to divorce. Deployment in foreign countries often puts a strain on marriage. Tennessee residents may be aware that just as military marriages are different from civilian marriages, so are military divorces. There are many issues...
Military deployment and child support — Part II
A service member in Tennessee understands that marriage can be challenging. A marriage often becomes unstable because one of the spouses has been deployed to another state or country. If the military couple decides to divorce, it may be even more complicated if a...
Military deployment and child support — Part I
Service members throughout the country, including those in Tennessee, understand that military life exacts certain prices on family unity that most civilian families never have to pay. When service members are deployed for long periods, their absence from home can put...
Locating a service member to establish child custody orders
In Tennessee, just like everywhere else in the United States, it may not be possible for a custodial parent to know about the location of a non-custodial parent, particularly if the individual is a service member. The nature of the military service is such that the...
Invoking the SCRA in military family law cases
Service members in the U.S., including people in Tennessee, understand all too well the challenges of military life. Long periods of absence from home may make the service members' time with family extremely limited. Hence, many military marriages in Tennessee as well...
Marriage too often a casualty of active duty deployments
Active military deployments are incredibly stressful on service members serving in combat zones and in combat missions. The last thing any of them need is to battle with spouses over divorce issues such as child custody, spousal or child support and property division....
How does military income change child support determinations?
Like civilian families, military families live in and around Clarksville, Tennessee, experience the ups and downs of family life, which may sometimes end in divorce. Like civilians, military families also have to deal with issues such as child support during the...
Military divorce and its complications in Tennessee
In Tennessee, divorce cases may broadly be classified as fault or no fault cases. Fault cases generally include those where either party is accused of any form of misconduct. The no fault divorce cases are usually those in which there's an irreconcilable difference...