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Tennessee Child Custody – Family Law Attorney To most parents, their children are the most important part of their lives.  Whether your child is born outside of marriage or within a marital union that ends in divorce, the child custody becomes an issue for you.  Parenting a child with both the mother and father living together under the same roof can be complicated enough. But, when the parents live separately it involves several additional issues and decisions.  A determination must be made as to which parent your child will be with and when.  Also, which parent has the authority to make educational, medical and other majorRead More →

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Should Police Be Able to Track you Electronically? Will the Requirement to Obtain a warrant Survive in the Supreme Court The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the US v.s. Jones case last week and according a Washington Post Op-ed the “Court has a chance to keep big brother at bay.”    The  Supreme Court had recently granted the US Department of Justice’s petition to review the decision of the US Court of Appeals which struck down the conviction of a man based in large part upon the use of GPS tracking without a warrant. The ustices are tasked to review and toRead More →

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Probate a Will in Tennessee In Tennessee if a person who dies has a Last Will and Testament then the Will typically must be administered in probate.  In order for the Executor to gain control over the decedent’s estate  the Last Will and Testament is filed in the Probate Court. The court officially declares the Will to be valid.  The Court supervises the administration of the decedent’s estate. A Last Will and Testament is a legal instrument which is a declaration of a person’s intentions in regards to the division and distribution of property after death. Unlike a Trust,  a Will is not a contract, therefore it mustRead More →

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Contested Divorce in Tennessee Domestic abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, adultery,  financial stress, constant disagreements and arguments. These problems are stressful and often lead to the ultimate decision to end the marriage and to file for divorce.   Saving the marriage or dissolving the bonds of matrimony is a very tough even agonizing choice to make.  In many cases once one or both of the spouses reaches the ultimate decision to end the marriage, the disagreements don’t end. The battle continues to the courtroom in a contested divorce.  Divorce is never easy.  Even if you can reach an agreement and file an uncontested divorce. Marital dissolution is emotionally, financiallyRead More →

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Tennessee Process of Uncontested Divorce An agreed divorce, is often referred to as “no fault” divorce, or uncontested divorce. In Tennessee an uncontested divorce is the dissolution of marriage upon irreconcilable differences.   As opposed to a contested divorce in which the Plaintiff/Petitioner must establish evidence of fault grounds for Divorce.  An irreconcilable differences divorce does not require the establishment of legal fault grounds.  You and your spouse state that you can not resolve your marital differences but you agree to be divorced.  You agree to a settlement of all of the issues involved in dissolving the bonds of matrimony. Settlement of Property Issues in Agreed Divorce Now that bothRead More →