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Divorce Post-COVID
While it has been a crazy last few months in divorce courts across the country, as vaccinations continue divorce attorneys, myself included, are preparing for the next few months to be especially complicated in the divorce world. In Tennessee, we have had several...
What Does Contested Mean in Divorce?
What Does Contested Mean in Divorce? To contest something means to oppose, challenge, or dispute it. A contested divorce is any divorce in which the parties do not agree on all issues to conclusively terminate the marriage. If there is any issue that one of...
How Much is a Divorce in Tennessee?
How Much is a Divorce in Tennessee? You're headed for a permanent split and need to know how much is a divorce in Tennessee. Proper planning beforehand will help reduce the financial burden of the divorce process. The national average for a divorce is $15,000 - but...
How to Prepare for a Divorce in Tennessee
How to Prepare for a Divorce in Tennessee Divorce is an awful thing to go through, even if it is necessary and in your overall best interests. Your divorce will go more smoothly, however, if you are prepared for it. Not everyone will have this opportunity to...
Divorce Ruins Finances of People Over 50 per LA Times
Great article from the LA Times about the financial impact of divorce on persons over 50. Some people have enough assets to weather the storm, but for others they have barely finished paying for college and having to split everything guarantees an underfunded...
Attorney Morgan Smith Accepted as Five Years AIOFLA’S 10 Best in Tennessee
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Positive News for Parents Exercising Joint Parenting Time – new law pending!
Great news for parents who are exercising joint time! A new bill is pending and as of July 1, 2019, parents exercising joint parenting time will be able to elect to list both parents as joint custodians. What does this mean? If you get to list both parents as joint...
Best Divorce Tips and Strategies: Top 5 Ways to Protect Yourself
Best Divorce Tips and Strategies: Top 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Sometimes, people know divorce is coming. Maybe both parties have talked about it. Maybe you’re in a miserable experience: you’ve been separated for 6 months and everyone is getting things...
No take backs – in divorce, make sure you value assets correctly!
The Court of Appeals just issued another warning about why your divorce attorney keeps bugging you about appraising your real property. Guess what? If you estimate wrong, you don't get to go back and redo everything with an appropriate appraisal because you have...
Just a reminder, Tennessee does not have a true no fault divorce
I've been getting a lot of calls about this issue again so I am revisiting it as we now have a lot of new transplants in Middle Tennessee. Tennessee does not have a true no fault divorce like other jurisdictions. The Tennessee equivalent to a no fault divorce is a...
Transferring cases for parenting modifications
I've been getting a lot of questions on this topic and a case came out a few days ago that addresses it, so I wanted to just do a quick blip about transferring parenting cases out of state. If your divorce originated in Tennessee, you do not just get to move to a...
2019 is here, bringing big changes for high income divorces in Tennessee
Now that 2019 is here, the new tax code is in place regarding alimony income. If you don't spend your time obsessing over tax changes like divorce attorneys and CPA's do, you may not be aware that the new tax code changed how the IRS treats alimony. Previously,...
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