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Marriage, Annulment or Divorce in Tennessee The marriage didn’t work out, and now is time to end it.  In very short term marriages it is common for a person to ask if the marriage can be annulled or if it must be dissolved by divorce.  Is there a difference between an annulment and a divorce? This is an issue that requires the legal advice of a divorce attorney.  In basic terms a divorce is a dissolution of an otherwise valid marriage.  An annulment is typically a declaration that a marriage is void, and not valid, and never was valid. Purely in legal terms in theRead More →

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Plea Bargain in Tennessee Criminal Law When a person is charged with a crime and arrested or indicted the criminal case moves through the court system in a multiple step process.  The goal of the prosecutor, the defense attorney, the defendant and the court is the same in one respect- reach finality the disposition phase of the case.  The State of Tennessee’s goal is to get a conviction.  The criminal defendant of course would like to walk away without a conviction.  An alternate goal of the defendant is to spend as little time in jail as possible. Agreement Between Criminal Defendant and The State ofRead More →