Thinking about adoption and wondering if you'd be eligible under Tennessee law? Below are five things you should know: 1. You don't have to be married. There is a stereotype of married couples adopting children, and, while this happens often, it's absolutely possible...
Year: 2016
What parents need to know about uncontested divorce in Tennessee
You want the best for your children. You want to spend your emotional and financial resources on them. You don't want to pay for a long and drawn-out divorce. You don't want the judge to be the one to decide how you and your spouse co-parent. As of January 1, 2017,...
College expenses and child support: Answer these questions
As a divorced parent, you may have a variety of questions on mind as your child graduates high school and moves onto college. If you neglect to answer the appropriate questions, it could harm your financial situation while also making things worse on your child. Below...
Holiday challenges after a divorce
The holidays can be a very stressful time for even the happiest of families. For Tennessee families that are in the process of a divorce or have recently completed their proceedings and are now approaching their first holiday season with a child custody order in...
Can a child’s preference affect custody arrangements?
Determining child custody arrangements is one of the most stressful and fraught aspects of any divorce. Judges are required to consider a wide range of variables in order to ensure that the child's best interests are protected, and no single factor outweighs the rest....
When can child support be decreased?
Have you been trying to balance too little for too long? Whether you're the one paying child support due to a court order, or the one receiving it as a custodial parent, you may have been facing difficult financial decisions because of an outdated child support order....