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Divorcing When A Child’s Biological Father is Not the Husband So you have decided the marriage is over. There is a child on the way. Or a child was recently born. A question must be answered: Is the husband the father of this child? For husbands this is usually a great big unknown. For wives this answer is often already known or suspected. Unfortunately, affairs occur and children conceived or born during the marriage may involve another person. Tennessee Law Presumes Husband as Father From the early days of common law, marital presumption of fatherhood means children born during marriage result from the marriage. ThisRead More →

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Divorce is serious, but is it time? People have many, many reasons to end the marriage. Some of those reasons are Drug abuse Alcohol Spousal abuse Child abuse Cheating Financial hardship Constant fighting As a result, the question of divorce is ever present. Likewise, the question of what are your legal rights. Also, what happens to the children, the property?  Is it time to file for divorce?  Get the answers by speaking to a family law attorney.Read More →

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Chattanooga Family Law Attorney What is Family Law? A Family law attorney focuses on the area of legal practice that involves issues affecting the family.  Although the matters of law are somewhat typical,  the involvement of family relationships, and the emotionally charged issues add a level of uniqueness to every family law case.  This class of legal practice is also known as domestic relations law and includes: divorce spousal support child support custody division of assets and liabilities due to divorce adoption termination of parental rights paternity dependency and child neglect protection from domestic abuse Family Law Attorney Since 1982 Jim Purple has been practicing law in theRead More →

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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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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 →