Tennessee has several requirements to form a valid marriage.
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A bill proposed by lawmakers in Alabama would create a “covenant marriage“, which would make obtaining a divorce more difficult for the couple. The optional marriage would require the couple to attend marriage counseling before they get married, and they would also be required to attend marriage counseling before they could file for divorce. Also, [...]
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Even if you have a perfectly good prenup that makes adequate provision for your spouse, leaves the custody decisions up to the court, and makes a perfectly sensible division of property, you can still screw it up.
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If you spend much time watching TV or follow the dramatic lives and divorces of celebrities, you’ve undoubtedly heard of prenuptial agreements (what some people call a “prenup”) and the problems they can cause.
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This is somewhat of a follow up to my post about one of my biggest fights with my wife. This will probably have an even more tenuous application to law, but go with me and let’s see where we end up.
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This is the story of one of the biggest fights my wife and I ever had. It was all about “abandoned property”. We were at dinner one evening with a group of friends. I don’t remember exactly why, but we were sitting in the bar section of a restaurant, and I remember watching sports on the televisions mounted on the walls.
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A court in Indiana has refused to grant a divorce to a same-sex married couple. What would the result have been if they had lived in Tennessee?
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