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What is a living will, and how does it differ from a regular will? – Patterson Bray PLLC

Transcript: 00:01 [Music] a living will is also known as an advanced directive it is limited to medical decisionmaking and allows you to communicate your specific preferences regarding life support feeding tubes and organ donation whenever you are unable to state those preferences on your own 00:21 last will in...

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How are retirement accounts divided? – Patterson Bray PLLC

\ Transcript: 00:01 [Music] retirement accounts can be divided a number of ways in in a divorce In dividing retirement accounts or a home or any other asset it’s important to remember that not everything is exactly split 50/50 What we like to do in Tennessee is to value all...

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What happens to our home in divorce? – Patterson Bray PLLC

Transcript: 00:03 there are a number of ways a court or the parties through an agreement can handle how to deal with a marital residence in a divorce a lot of folks that come to see us have one home and they have a question of who’s going to get...

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What’s the difference between contested and uncontested divorce? – Patterson Bray PLLC

Transcript: 00:00:03 difference between a contested and an uncontested divorce in Tennessee is two things. One, traditionally an uncontested divorce is where neither of you are contesting the grounds. And so you go through what we call an irreconcilable differences divorce process where the two of you do not contest...

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How does Tennessee handle no-fault divorce? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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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Can you provide an overview of the different areas within family law? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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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What is mediation and how does it differ from traditional litigation? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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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Can my child testify in my divorce? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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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Should I file first? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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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What should I expect from my divorce attorney? – Patterson Bray PLLC

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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