There is a “gray divorce revolution” going on in the United States. In a research study conducted by Bowling Green State University on the rising rate of divorce among older adults, researchers found that Americans over age 50 are more than twice as likely to divorce as people in their age group 20 years ago. [...]
The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26th will afford same-sex couples in Tennessee the same liberties and rights as traditional couples. Those liberties come with some potential pitfalls, however – especially if you and your partner have co-mingled accounts or a joint business, or if one of you brings substantial [...]
When your vision of a happy family life and home has faded into a battle over marital assets, alimony and parenting plans, it might seem like you will never be able to see your former spouse as anything but an enemy. But both parents have a responsibility to learn to communicate like mature adults so [...]
Many people think a divorce has to be an ugly, costly, painful conflict where each party walks away feeling as if they lost out somehow. However, if the spouses who are ready to part ways have the maturity and the communication skills to come to an agreement that they would like a less acrimonious split, [...]
Second (or subsequent) marriages often take place later in the lives of at least one of the spouses. People entering into second marriages may have children from their first marriage, a business or accumulated assets over the course of their lives. Now they have found that special someone with whom they plan to spend the [...]
You might have believed in happily ever after when you said, "I do," but now that you have been married for a few years your views may have changed. It is not that you don't love your spouse, but you have witnessed the nightmares that your friends and colleagues have faced when they went through [...]
You do not have to live in Lewis County to have a vested interest in the recent drama playing out in the papers with Tennessee Senator Josey Hensley and his now ex-wife. For public figures – politicians, celebrities, local business owners and the like – seeing an intimate personal tragedy through the lens of the [...]
There are several bills coming out of the 2015 session of the 109th General Assembly awaiting Governor Haslam's signature which include some important revisions to the existing child custody and support laws in Tennessee. Many of the proposed changes to existing law will serve to better protect vulnerable children from being placed in environments that [...]
Whether or not divorced parents can be required to pay college tuition for their child depends on what state they live in – actually what state they were divorced in. Some states can order divorced parents to pay these expenses. However, in Tennessee there is no legal requirement for divorced parents to pay college tuition [...]
Or at least, you can serve your spouse divorce papers via Facebook if you live in New York. The Wall Street Journal reports that a “Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper allows a lawyer for 26-year-old nurse Ellanora Baidoo to serve the divorce summons to Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku through a private message from her Facebook [...]
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