Should I file first? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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00:00:03 I tell my clients that they should file first the reason that you want to file first for a divorce in Tennessee is that if you and your spouse are both contemplating a divorce some spouses will start moving assets from joint bank accounts or changing titles to certain assets or changing the beneficiary status on health insurance life insurance car insurance in Tennessee when you file your complaint for divorce the court has put in place what’s called a mandatory injunction by law that prohibits parties

00:00:38 from hiding assets moving assets changing the beneficiary status on insurance policies and most importantly in custody situations that mandatory injunction prohibits the parent from relocating with minor children outside of the state of Tennessee or within 50 miles of the residence of that parent as soon as you file and serve that complaint and so from a strategy standpoint there isn’t a huge need to file but in order to secure your assets and make sure that both parties are behaving appropriately and that your

00:01:17 assets aren’t going to be withheld or hidden that injunction is very critical at the beginning of divorce and so yes it it can matter that you be the first to file so that you can have those Protections in place

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