Transcript: 00:00:00 The way Tennessee handles joint custody is that if you have a child out of wedlock and you file a petition to establish parentage, if you two agree that you should both be joint custodians of your children, then the court will enter an order to...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 If your ex violates the parenting plan and has to do with withholding your parenting time with your child, you can petition the court for what’s called criminal contempt of court. There’s two types of contempt in Tennessee. One’s criminal, one’s civil. The purpose of criminal...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 So, it depends if a probate administration has been opened. If a probate has been opened and a personal representative has been appointed, the personal representative is required by law to notify any known or reasonably ascertainable creditors. They’re also required to issue notice to creditors and...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 Main duties of the personal representative involve identifying estate assets, collecting those assets, securing those assets. The personal representative is also responsible for notifying any beneficiaries under the will, notifying any errors at law if there is not a will. They’re also responsible for notifying all known...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 If you have a custody order in place, whether a child is born out of wedlock or you have a parent parenting plan from a divorce, there is a statute in place that is the parental relocation statute. If you already have a custody order in place,...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 Once a court has put into place a a custody order, if you want to modify it, most of those orders are through a parenting plan and it will require that for certain disputes before you come to the court that you send a request to your...
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Transcript: 00:00:01 If you and your spouse are trying to get a divorce and you present your spouse with a plan to resolve the issues before the court, meaning the division of the assets, the division of the debts, if you have children, what that parenting schedule and plan...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 How long it takes to get a divorce in Tennessee really depends on a number of factors. If you agree on everything before the court and sign a marital dissolution agreement and a parenting plan order and you have an uncontested, irreconcilable differences divorce without children, the...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 So, in Tennessee, you have to have resided within the state for at least six months in order to qualify for filing a divorce in Tennessee. So long as the grounds did not occur here, if you reside in Tennessee for a month or two and you...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 In Tennessee, if you have a child during your marriage and you go through the divorce process, or if you have a child out of wedlock and you have a separate proceeding, the court is going to look to… 00:00:14 a parenting plan or a custody order that...
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