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How You Can Proceed with Your Divorce or Custody Case During the Covid-19 Outbreak

How You Can Proceed with Your Divorce or Custody Case During the Covid-19 Outbreak

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...

Payment for Private School Tuition Overturned

by Lawrence | Aug 11, 2017 | Child Custody & Visitation, child support, Parental rights

Sometimes, during a divorce, parents agree to pay for private school tuition for the children.  There’s no problem with that, except that later on when incomes change and the cost of tuition skyrockets, this can be a real burden.  The Tennessee Court of Appeals...

Tennessee Restricts Judgments for Unpaid Child Support

by Lawrence | May 23, 2017 | Child Custody & Visitation, child support, Parental rights, Proposed laws

Starting July 1st, 2017, a new law in Tennessee says that a judgment for unpaid child support can not go back farther than five years of missed payments. Child support arrearages limited Why would the legislature do this?   Shouldn’t deadbeat dads be required to...

TN Supreme Court Makes it Easier to Move Away with the Kids

by Lawrence | Apr 18, 2017 | Child Custody & Visitation, Divorce

The Tennessee Supreme Court recently made a significant change to Tennessee Law that will make it easier for one parent to move the kids away from the other parent.  The case is Aragon v. Aragon, and while the Court made the correct decision, the facts of the case are...

What is an Order of Protection?

by Lawrence | Dec 29, 2016 | Child Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Messed up people, Order of Protection

This is a very simplified summary of Orders of Protection.  A complete description would require a lot more space and honestly would be a lot more than a normal person wants to read. First: Seek Help If you are a victim of domestic violence, you should seek help from...

Why You Can’t Terminate the Other Parent’s Rights

by Lawrence | Oct 1, 2015 | Child Custody & Visitation, Parental rights, Termination of parental rights

I get a lot of emails from a parent who wants to terminate the rights of the other parent of their child.  It’s almost always a mother wanting to terminate the parental rights of the father.  Sometimes it’s a father of a child wanting to terminate his own...
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Recent Posts

  • How Separate Property Becomes Marital Property September 9, 2020
  • Why the Term “Standard Parenting” is Obsolete May 20, 2020
  • How to Get an Order of Protection During the Covid-19 Pandemic April 10, 2020
  • How You Can Proceed with Your Divorce or Custody Case During the Covid-19 Outbreak April 9, 2020
  • Payment for Private School Tuition Overturned August 11, 2017