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	<title>Law Office of Lawrence Ballew &#187; Lawrence</title>
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		<title>What is the Statutory Injunction or Automatic Injunction?</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2012/02/what-is-the-statutory-injunction-or-automatic-injunction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Parenting Plan?</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2012/01/what-is-a-parenting-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Custody & Visitation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[child support]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatorships and the Proof Required to Establish Disability</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Estate Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservatorship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering whether or not to appoint someone as conservator over the estate of another person (often called the &#8220;ward&#8221;), it must be shown to the court by clear and convincing evidence that the ward &#8220;is fully or partially disabled and that the [ward] is in need of assistance&#8221;.  See T.C.A. § 34-1-126  If the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Marital Dissolution Agreement?</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/10/what-is-a-marital-dissolution-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/10/what-is-a-marital-dissolution-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marital debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alimony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dissolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irreconcilable differences]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A marital dissolution agreement (sometimes called an &#8220;MDA&#8221;) is a document used in irreconcilable differences divorces.  It&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Property Division for Unmarried Couples</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/07/property-division-for-unmarried-couples/</link>
		<comments>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/07/property-division-for-unmarried-couples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Property Division]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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		<title>Metro Courthouse Security, Protecting People Against Wallets Since 2001</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/07/metro-courthouse-security-protecting-people-against-wallets-since-2001/</link>
		<comments>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/07/metro-courthouse-security-protecting-people-against-wallets-since-2001/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Messed up people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottle opener]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[little blue tub]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Division of Marital Debt in Tennessee</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/07/division-of-marital-debt-in-tennessee/</link>
		<comments>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/07/division-of-marital-debt-in-tennessee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consultation with attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marital debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Property Division]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staying married]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[division]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve previously explained how Tennessee courts will divide marital assets during a divorce, and I clarified how the court will divide property that was purchased after the parties separate, but before their divorce was final.  That&#8217;s great, but what about debt?  With the economy the way it is, many couples have a significant amount of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Posting Pictures That Cause &#8220;Emotional Distress&#8221; is Now Harassment</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/06/posting-pictures-that-cause-emotional-distress-is-now-harassment/</link>
		<comments>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/06/posting-pictures-that-cause-emotional-distress-is-now-harassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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"]]></description>
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		<title>Aggressive Lawyers Sanctioned for Accusing Each Other of Being &#8220;Mentally Disabled&#8221;.</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/06/aggressive-lawyers-sanctioned-for-accusing-each-other-of-being-mentally-disabled/</link>
		<comments>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/06/aggressive-lawyers-sanctioned-for-accusing-each-other-of-being-mentally-disabled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Representation style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aggressive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jerk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[professionalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In previous posts, I&#8217;ve written about aggressive lawyers who aren&#8217;t really helping their client&#8217;s cases, and I&#8217;ve written about lawyers being scolded by the court for encouraging conflict rather than seeking resolutions.  If you&#8217;re still thinking that hiring the biggest jerk you can find will resolve your problems, consider the actions of these two Florida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Can Alimony Payments Stop?</title>
		<link>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/03/when-can-alimony-payments-stop/</link>
		<comments>http://ballewlawoffice.com/2011/03/when-can-alimony-payments-stop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alimony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post-divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terminate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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?"]]></description>
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