How to Work With Your Divorce Lawyer Divorce lawyers understand that people are not at their best during the pressure, stress and anxiety of divorce.…
Selecting the Right Divorce Lawyer Your selection of a lawyer is as important as your decision to divorce. Your divorce is likely to be the…
The Decision to Divorce and Early Considerations The decision to divorce is one of the most significant decisions you will ever make. Divorce is a…
Facts: Child was born to the never-married Mother and Father. Well after paternity and visitation were established, Mother and Father agreed to give “temporary legal…
Facts: When Mother and Father divorced, Mother was designated the primary residential parent of Child. Seven years later, Father petitioned to change custody, alleging that…
Facts: Mother gave birth to Child in 2009. The following year, the State of Tennessee, acting on Mother’s behalf, filed a petition against Alleged Father to…
Facts: Mother and Father, parents of Child, divorced in 2011. They agreed that Mother be designated the primary residential parent. Father received reasonable visitation. Two…
Facts: The parties were divorced by agreement in 2011. Their Marital Dissolution Agreement (“MDA”) provided for alimony, stating: Wife is economically disadvantaged as compared to…
Things were pretty quiet on the legislative front this year. When it came to family law matters, the 108th General Assembly of the State of…
This article by Marlene Moses and Manuel Russ in the May 2014 issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal may be of interest to readers of…
Facts: The parties divorced after 13 years of marriage. Husband worked throughout the marriage until he became disabled approximately four years before the divorce. Wife did…
Facts: Husband and Wife separated after 16 years of marriage. Husband moved out of the marital residence. Wife filed for divorce. After the separation but…
Facts: Child lived with his Maternal Grandparents from birth until approximately age six, at which point he lived with Mother (Father is deceased). Less than…
Facts: The parties were divorced by agreement. Their Marital Dissolution Agreement provided, in relevant part: “Husband and Wife expressly certify and acknowledge they have entered…
Facts: After 19 years of marriage, the parties divorced. They have two children. Husband is a medical doctor earning approximately $360,000 a year. Wife is…