Family Law
I Love My Child, Too: Keeping the Bonds Strong When Your Child Primarily Lives with the Other Parent
The Tennessee courts maintain the position that the ideal situation in child custody decisions is that the child would maintain a bonded, nurturing relationship with both parents after the divorce. In a typical divorce, one parent will get primary residential custody of the child and the other parent will be granted parenting time, and they…
Read MoreWhat if My Child Refuses Parenting Time with My Former Spouse?
A lot of divorced parents have experienced the scene when their child pitches a fit because they do not want to go and spend time with their other parent. It could be a fussy three-year-old who does not want to leave your side, or it could be a moody, cranky teen who wants to stay…
Read MoreIncome Withholding and Other Consequences for Attempting to Dodge Child Support in Tennessee
When a couple who has a child divorces, and that child lives primarily with one parent, the non-custodial parent will likely be ordered to pay child support, depending on the residential schedule and both parties’ incomes. The child support payment ensures that the child will be able to enjoy a comparable standard of living as…
Read MoreAlimony Modification: Reducing or Terminating Spousal Support in Tennessee
After the marriage has ended and the divorce has been settled, it can pose an ongoing challenge for the spouse who is obliged to pay alimony or spousal support (obligor) to their former spouse (obligee). When the obligor’s financial situation takes a downward turn, it can become challenging to take care of his or her…
Read MoreChild Custody Issues Related to Relocation after Divorce in Tennessee
When a couple who has a child divorces, each parent has the custody rights afforded to them in the custody order issued by the court. In Tennessee, divorcing parents are required to complete a parenting plan, which includes the text of the TN Parental Relocation Statute. This law outlines the steps that are required when…
Read MoreTechnology Tools to Help to Support Post-Divorce Co-Parenting Communication
Divorce does not really end a relationship when a couple has children together. Divorce merely transforms the relationship from an intimate partnership to a co-parenting partnership. This is not an easy transition by any means, but it is a necessary one if there is to be any peace among the parties concerned. Developing a productive…
Read MoreWill the Ashley Madison Hack Lead to a Lot of Divorces?
The impact of the recent hacking of Ashley Madison, website designed to facilitate marital infidelity, has only just begun to emerge. The personal information from the profiles of the site’s 37 million users – which includes their name, address, emails, financial information, message history and details about their personal sexual preferences – was hacked and…
Read MoreConsider the Children: How the Kids of Same-Sex Couples May Be Affected in the Event of a Divorce
Now that Tennessee (as well as the rest of the United States) recognizes same-sex marriage as legal, thus affording LGBT couples the same rights and protections under the law, the family court system has seen a drastic rise in the amount of cases involving same-sex divorce. Under the law, a same-sex couple’s divorce is treated…
Read MoreFacing Child Custody Challenges in Same-Sex Divorce
Now that gay couples are free to both marry and divorce in Tennessee, there will likely be many couples who were married in other states years ago who are ready to go their separate ways. The new marriage equality ruling allows them the freedom to seek a divorce in their home state where they have…
Read MoreMarriage Equality – Celebrating the Freedom to Divorce
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that marriage equality is the law of the land, many LGBT Americans are celebrating the hard-won right to marry. However, along with the ability for same-sex couples to marry comes the freedom for those couples who married in other states to finally end their marriages. You will find…
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