Your Legal Guide Through Life’s Twists And Turns
A divorce is typically traumatic for children. Tennessee residents might agree that children have to deal with many issues, such as the insecurity of having to stay with one parent. There are also financial matters that will also affect the child, such as child...
As Tennessee residents may be aware, divorce is not just about two people going their separate ways; it is also about property division. In fact, marital property division can be a stressful issue in a divorce. In many cases, the stress factor is directly proportional...
In Tennessee, according to the Ann. Code §§ 36-2-302; 36-2-304(a), a father is the child's biological father when the child has been sired out of wedlock. The Department of Children's Services, Tennessee, establishes a registry of assumed fathers. Any person...
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...
Like elsewhere in the country, when a couple with minor children in Tennessee divorces, they can enter into an agreement about who receives child custody and who is responsible for paying child support. In general, the noncustodial parent is required to make monthly...
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...
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...
Many single men in Tennessee feel that although the family law of the state recognizes the fathers' rights, when it comes to obtaining child custody after the divorce, a mother is often the preferred parent to obtain child custody. In fact, fathers in the U.S. have...
Most Tennessee residents know what child custody is and the general forms it can take. The previous blog post discussed four types of child custody, including physical, joint, legal and sole. If any parent in a joint child-custody arrangement feels that the other...
As with divorces everywhere, minor children in Tennessee are usually the ones who experience the strongest sense of anxiety about the future. Their parents may be eager to move on with their lives, but children have no real idea what to expect in the coming weeks,...
