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Top 8 Things to Know About Tennessee Residential Property Disclosure Law

If you are thinking of buying or selling a home, you may have questions about the basics on Tennessee property disclosure law. The Tennessee Residential Property Disclosure Act, Tenn. Code...

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Can an Electronic Signature Form a Contract in Tennessee?

Did you know that in most cases courts will recognize an electronic signature, and enforce contracts “signed” and created by e-mail exchange? Oral vs. Written Contracts – Intro Contrary to...

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Deadly shooting at Madison Cypress Lakes apartment complex

UPDATED on 08/08/2016:  Police have now identified the victim as Monique Brown, who is the mother of a young child. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A deadly shooting at Madison Cypress Lakes apartment complex...

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How to Talk to Your Insurance Company After an Accident

Don’t Always Expect the Insurance Company to be on Your Side After a car accident, you may feel it necessary to contact your auto insurance company or carrier and let...

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Injuries to Trespassing Children

Attractive Nuisance Doctrine In most states, there are special rules addressing injuries to trespassing children.  In Tennessee, for example, there is the “attractive nuisance doctrine,” recently codified in Tenn. Code....

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Digital Assets: Who can access my online accounts if I die?

Chances are, if you are reading this Blog Post, you own Digital Assets and have one or more online accounts.  As Estate Planning Lawyers, we continue to see changes in...

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Joint Property Ownership Pitfalls and Solutions

Our law firm has worked on a couple of cases lately involving joint property ownership; that is, property owned by a group of several individuals. Owning a piece of land...

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Who Says a Judge Can’t Be Funny?

While the underlying crime is by no means funny -- i.e. an argument over a dog pooping in a neighbor's yard that led to a machete fight -- Judge Jeff...

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Wrongful Death of a Child

Info From Patterson Bray About the Wrongful Death of a Child No one should have to ever think about the wrongful death of a child. As a mother of two...