There are many factors that may come into play in a child custody proceeding. For instance, parents who don't act appropriately in court could lose the opportunity to obtain joint or sole custody of their sons or daughters. Tennessee residents who are seeking sole...
Many unmarried people in Tennessee have children. While the mothers automatically have parental rights, unmarried fathers must prove the paternity of their children before they will have rights as fathers. After they have established their paternity, unmarried fathers...
As you and your spouse face the breakup of your marriage, neither of you likely looks forward to a protracted nasty court battle. You both wish you could find a simpler, less stressful way to get a divorce. Well, such a way exists. As Mediate.com explains, choosing...
When you and your spouse in Tennessee come to the conclusion that your marriage is over, you will be faced with a seemingly endless set of decisions to make. Your attention must be put to where you will live, when your children will be with you, who gets to keep the...
If you are a Tennessee parent who has gone through a divorce, you currently have a child support agreement in place between you and your former spouse. However, life takes different turns, and occasionally you might experience a shift in life circumstances, either...
It is not wrong to presume that Tennessee is a mother state. The child custody laws are in favor of the mother when she is unmarried. The rights a mother gets are different from that of the father. Just having the mother's name on the birth certificate of the newborn...
People share everything on social media. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. No one, it seems, can keep anything to themselves. When it comes to your divorce, social media may work against you. What you post online may end up in court. The sharing A study found, to no...
Tennessee couples who own their homes and who decide to get a divorce know that they will have to choose what to do with their home among all of the other decisions they will have to make as they figure out how to separate their joint lives. It is a common practice...
If you receive child support but the other parent is in prison or jail in Tennessee, you may wonder what happens. This is a situation where nobody wins because CNN explains that you will not likely receive any child support during the other parent's incarceration, but...
People struggle with sleeping properly for many reasons, from health issues to problems that are present in the workplace. However, in some instances, a sleep disorder may be brought on by the divorce process, especially when someone is worried about the potential...