Transcript: 00:00:03 For a long time in Tennessee, if you wanted to get a divorce, you had to prove grounds. And by grounds, I mean you had to have some legal cause as to why a court would grant your divorce. One of the ones people traditionally know is...
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Transcript: 00:00:01 [Music] when it comes to family law the thing that most people think about is divorce divorce includes division of marital assets marital debts alimony and when divorce involves children it also includes custody arrangements child support who’s going to make decisions on the child’s behalf that...
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Transcript: 00:00:03 for years and years when people filed a lawsuit the only way they could resolve their case was to have a settlement outside of court or to have a judge decide the case on the merits as the law has changed over time lawyers and judges have...
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Transcript: 00:00:03 the technical answer is yes under Tennessee law if your child has reached the age of 12 they have the right to State their preference as to which parent they prefer to live with in a custody situation the caveat is that in Tennessee the court takes...
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Transcript: 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...
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Transcript: 00:00:01 [Music] I think the biggest thing you should expect from your divorce attorney is that you get answers from them when you ask those questions I hear from clients all the time that their biggest frustration with their divorce attorney is that they have paid a retainer...
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Transcript: 00:00:03 I think the first thing that a lot of people make a mistake on is they don’t secure Council on the front end they make a lot of assumptions about Tennessee law and how that’s going to affect their financial rights in the divorce a lot of...
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