Your Legal Guide Through Life’s Twists And Turns
Celebrity divorces are usually a bit messier and longer than the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes case, which lasted less than two weeks. This is especially true when child custody is at issue. As the Holmes-Cruise divorce demonstrates, however, personal differences over...
Mobility, the freedom to just pull up stakes and hit the road for somewhere else has been a longstanding feature of American life. For divorced Tennessee parents who have custody of minor children however, the freedom to move is limited and often requires court...
Facing the prospect of a divorce, many fathers assume from the start that they will not be given a fair shake in the family court system. While this has no doubt occurred in some cases, the assumption itself can also be a self-fulfilling prophecy. The truth is,...
It might shock (or should we say, 'Shak'?) you to know that Tennessee's definition of marital property includes personal property such as clothing or shoes that were acquired with marital assets. For property division purposes, this means that the value of such assets...
Even if you and your spouse end up having the most amicable divorce the state of Tennessee has ever seen, your children may still have a hard time coping with it. While most parents understand this and are willing to stay focused on determining what the kids need and...
You might not know it from his on-court play in games 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals, but Dwyane Wade has been dealing with a huge off-court distraction involving his ex-wife this week. Wade filed for divorce from Siovaughn Funches-Wade in 2010. Although the marriage was...
Although prenuptial agreements can be and are often used to address divorce-related issues such as alimony, child support, child custody and parenting time -- most people in Tennessee associate "prenups" with property division and people who have a lot of money. While...
A 31-year-old Iraq war veteran who has raised a now 6-year-old boy since infancy received a setback from the Tennessee Court of Appeals last month. The ruling, which was only the latest development in a nearly 5-year-old child custody dispute involving the former...
Yes and no. In Tennessee and virtually every other state, family courts are allowed to include veteran's disability benefits in calculating child support and spousal support payments in a divorce. The authority for this practice stems from the U.S. Supreme Court...
When a Tennessee family court judge orders a parent to pay a certain amount of child support, the options of the mother or father ordered to pay are limited: make the payments as required each month, appeal the decision or ask the court to modify the amount due to a...
