by Lawrence | Oct 1, 2021 | Divorce, marital property, Nashville Attorney, Property Division
This case doesn’t really make any changes to the law in Tennessee, but I decided to post about it because it illustrates an important point about irreconcilable differences divorces. The short version is this: A marital dissolution agreement is a contract and...
by Lawrence | Sep 9, 2020 | Divorce, marital property, Property Division
Normally when you own a house or other major asset prior to a marriage, that property will remain your separate property. However, there are some exceptions. If you’re not careful (and sometimes even if you are careful) what was “yours” might become...
by Lawrence | May 20, 2020 | child support, Divorce, Nashville Attorney, Parental rights
A few years ago I wrote a blog post about the term “standard parenting”. As I explained in that post, the term was used in the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines to describe the old typical arrangement where one parent had a child most of the time, and...
by Lawrence | Apr 10, 2020 | Harassment, Nashville Attorney, Order of Protection
Overall, it seems like crime rates are down during the coronavirus outbreak. Which makes sense, there are fewer opportunities to go out and about. However, domestic violence incidents are still a problem, which is also not surprising. If people were having...
by Lawrence | Apr 9, 2020 | Child Custody & Visitation, Divorce, marriage, Nashville Attorney
Are the courts closed? No, the Tennessee courts are not closed. The Tennessee Supreme Court did issue an order that closed our courts to in-person hearings (with some exceptions), then later issued another order that modified and extended the first order. You can...
