Any time a divorce is filed in Tennessee the court will automatically issue an injunction against both parties preventing them from performing certain acts like canceling health insurance, closing joint accounts, or hiding the children.
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What is a Parenting Plan?
A parenting plan is a document that will describe how you and your spouse will share the parenting responsibilities, as well as define who will be making certain decisions, and paying expenses, among other matters.
Conservatorships and the Proof Required to Establish Disability
When considering whether or not to appoint someone as conservator over the estate of another person (often called the “ward”), it must be shown to the court by clear and convincing evidence that the ward “is fully or partially disabled and that the [ward] is in need of assistance”. See T.C.A. § 34-1-126 If the [...]
What is a Marital Dissolution Agreement?
A marital dissolution agreement (sometimes called an “MDA”) is a document used in irreconcilable differences divorces. It’s basically a contract between a husband and wife to end their marriage and divide all the marital property and marital debts. In order to properly draft your MDA, your lawyer will need a lot of information about the [...]
Property Division for Unmarried Couples
Suppose you’ve lived with the love of your life for many years. Suppose during those many years the two of you have purchased property together, made a nice home for yourselves, and accumulated a lot of assets. However, the two of you never decided to get married, but now it’s time to go your separate ways. How do you divide your property?
Metro Courthouse Security, Protecting People Against Wallets Since 2001
To protect the safety of the public you’d expect the courthouse security officers to be looking for weapons, or things that could be used as weapons: knives, guns, bats, ice picks, iron pipes, mannequin arms, dead cats, etc. In reality, it’s not quite that simple.
Posting Pictures That Cause “Emotional Distress” is Now Harassment
Tennessee has revised the “harassment” statute to include language that makes it illegal to communicate “with another person or [transmit] or [display] an image in a manner in which there is a reasonable expectation that the image will be viewed by the victim”
Aggressive Lawyers Sanctioned for Accusing Each Other of Being “Mentally Disabled”.
In previous posts, I’ve written about aggressive lawyers who aren’t really helping their client’s cases, and I’ve written about lawyers being scolded by the court for encouraging conflict rather than seeking resolutions. If you’re still thinking that hiring the biggest jerk you can find will resolve your problems, consider the actions of these two Florida [...]
When Can Alimony Payments Stop?
After a few years of paying alimony, you might say to yourself “I’ve been paying all this money to my ex-spouse for a long time. The situation is a lot different than it was when we got divorced. Can I stop paying the alimony?”