The legal battle for who would get primary visitation with your child was contentious and full of conflict. Now that the divorce is over and you and your co-parent must exchange the child for visitation, you have noticed a pattern of difficult experiences that you would like to put to an end. What can you do to ensure your child…
When a couple decides they want to get divorced, one of three things usually occurs. The first, where the marriage is entirely done, with no chance of resolution, leads directly to a divorce. The second involves that kind of vague space known as “separation,” which generally ends up leading to divorce as well. Finally, there are those marriages which lead…
We hear this question a lot, so before we get into specifics, here’s the short answer: none. No one is ever entitled to alimony. It is entirely up to the judge’s discretion, unless you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse work out an agreement on your own in your Marital Dissolution Agreement. However, just because you (or your spouse) will not automatically…
Because of what we do, we know that great parents come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, those parents are biologically related to their children; sometimes they’re not. We also know there are some excellent step-parents out there who do just as much as their spouses do when it comes to creating a great home for the children. We know…
It is completely understandable that a person might think that a divorce can be easily resolved by downloading a few forms, filling them out and filing them with the court. The divorce process can be expensive, so some folks will try to cut those costs by doing it themselves. But just because you and your spouse get along, that doesn’t…
Tennessee’s child support guidelines calculate child support based on how much income both parents earn and how much time the child spends with each parent. But what happens when the parent who is paying child support has questions about the way in which the receiving parent is spending the child support payments? Is the parent who receives child support payments…
Celebrity news is a Catch 22 in a lot of ways. On the one hand, we’re divorce lawyers, and that makes stories about divorce, child support and custody interesting to us. On the other hand, we’re not representing Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, or Tarek or Christina El Moussa, so we don’t want to comment too much since we don’t…
We speak a lot about the different elements of divorce: relocation, parenting plans, property division, and so on. The process can be challenging, so we want to make sure our clients have the information they need in order to make good decisions for themselves and their loved ones. Once the divorce is final, however, a lot of folks discover that…
When we think of a family unit, we usually think of parents and children. Perhaps we include grandparents, stepparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, too. But for families across the country, more and more people are including furry, four-legged companions into that circle. When a couple divorces, the question of “Who keeps the dog?” can be almost as contentious as who…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has just adopted forms for those who want an uncontested divorce, but have minor children. These new forms and instructions were released in an effort by the court to simplify divorce proceedings for those who have both agreed that the marriage is over and they are looking for a simple divorce solution. Tennessee gives folks two…