Children have a right to receive support from their parents. Tennessee laws regarding child support uphold and enforce this right. Child support is the process by which the Alternate Residential Parent sends funds to the Primary Residential Parent in order to properly...
As you are considering your negotiations for the parenting plan during your Tennessee divorce, you may hear the words, “parenting responsibilities.” The Tennessee statutes define these words very specifically when it comes to activities and behaviors that foster a...
Raising children is expensive, and you do your best to make sure that your kids have what they need in order to have a happy, healthy childhood. With the divorce looming in the near future, you may worry that the change in finances for you and your spouse will affect...
Equitable means fair and impartial, and when it comes to a Tennessee divorce, each spouse wants the judge to have as much information as possible to ensure that the property division is actually equitable. According to the Journal of the American Academy of...
A marriage ending can cause a considerable amount of stress, especially if one spouse is not employed or only employed part-time. The resources may not exist for that spouse to imagine financial independence from the other. In Tennessee, a spouse may qualify for...
If the courts have decided that your former spouse should pay you alimony, you are probably “economically disadvantaged” compared to your spouse. This may have happened because your contributions to the marriage were not financial, such as raising the children or...
