Your Legal Guide Through Life’s Twists And Turns
Choosing to adopt a child is likely the most important decision you will ever make. It is never one to enter into lightly. Adopting a child is also not a fast process. As soon as you start thinking about adoption, however, there are some important things you need to...
When a married couple in Tennessee decides to file for divorce, there are a number of issues that must be considered, addressed and decided upon. For example, how should a couple's assets and debts be divided? What about child custody and support decisions? Is one...
Retiring military service members who spent at least 20 years in the military will receive a lifetime retirement pension. In 1982, however, with the passage of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act, or USFSPA, spouses are permitted to a portion of the...
When it comes to determining child support obligations in Tennessee, parents will be subjected to legal formulas that determine the exact amount that is owed. However, alimony is not determined by a specific formula. Instead, Tennessee family law courts analyze...
There are a lot of reasons why a grandparent might assume custody of his or her grandchild. In many cases, grandparents are left to assume custody of their grandchildren because it is the only other option aside from seeing their grandchildren swept away into a...
Getting married is an exciting time, but it's also important to be sensible about it. When you marry, you also often blend your finances and, if you later decide to divorce, you may find that you and a soon-to-be ex don't agree about who should get what. With a...
A lot of people in Tennessee are not aware of the important role spousal support plays in keeping spouses on equal footing so one is less likely to completely dominate the other. Indeed, before the notion of spousal support, in the distant past, female spouses often...
While increasingly parents who separate or divorce are opting for shared or joint custody arrangements, today in Tennessee it is still more likely that a child will live primarily with one parent, who is referred to as the custodial parent. Both custodial and...
Tennessee residents have been getting married for hundreds of years, and in the 20th and 21st centuries, they have also been getting divorced very frequently. However, with each generation comes new ideas and new customs as our culture gradually evolves in its ways of...
For recently divorced parents and their children, the start of a new school year may be especially difficult and stressful. As parents establish and attempt to navigate their new roles as co-parents, there are likely to be some bumps along the way. It's important,...
