After a divorce, it can be advantageous for personal or professional reasons to relocate to another city or state. If you have children, however, there are laws and statutes in Tennessee that must be followed, or you could risk losing access to your children. Our Nashville divorce attorneys have helped countless clients through the relocation [...]
Parenting is a hard job. It can be especially challenging for working mothers, many of whom struggle to find the help they need, even in a two-parent household. Longer time for maternity leave can alleviate some of that pressure – but not every company offers that particular benefit. Our own Rachel Upshaw wants to change [...]
When you are considering the dissolution of your marriage, the thought of sitting down with your spouse to undergo a mediation process may be overwhelming. However, mediation has shown to be a beneficial tool, and is required for contested divorces under Tennessee law. (T.C.A. 36-4-131(a)) If you are seeking a divorce in Tennessee, you must [...]
Seeking a divorce is a complicated process, and doing so with children creates another layer of considerations for families. In 2001, Tennessee enacted a law that created “permanent parenting plans” as the part of the process which sets forth access for parents to their children (TN Code § 36-6-401). What are parenting plans? Your parenting [...]
With the exception of deciding on a parenting structure for families that have children, the most difficult part of any divorce proceeding is often the division of assets. This time can be painful and complicated, and even further still if you have business assets that need dividing. In the Nashville area, there are many family [...]
As if divorce were not already difficult enough, getting divorced when you have children can make things even more messy and contentious. Not only do you have a potential dispute about the division of marital assets, you also have a dispute about child custody and parenting time, which often only heightens the emotions involved and [...]
There a few differences in the way child custody works in Tennessee if the parents are not married when the child is born. The one thing that remains the same, whether you and your partner were married or not, is that child custody decisions are always made with the best interest of the child [...]
Co-parenting after divorce is a challenge for both the parents and the children. Parents are getting used to their new lives after the divorce, while the children try to adjust to life with divorced parents who live in two different households and lead separate lives. One of the trickiest situations for many parents is “the [...]
On this blog, we talk a lot about how difficult divorce can be. We do that because we want to be honest about the challenges a lot of couples face, so you are prepared for what is ahead. However, in the vein of that old expression, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” we would [...]
One of the thorny issues that goes along with separation and divorce when you have a child is determining who claims the child as a dependent on their taxes. The general guideline says that the parent who is receiving child support is the one who can claim the child as a dependent for tax purposes, [...]
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