by Morgan Smith | Apr 1, 2019 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer
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...
by Morgan Smith | Jan 10, 2019 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer
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....
by Morgan Smith | Oct 18, 2018 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer
Kind of funny, a Dallas Texas man sued a background check site after his wife used it to catch him cheating. Saw this article on Peoplehype and though it was relevant, as we frequently use things like this to track down cheaters. Obviously some cheaters are sneakier...
by Morgan Smith | Oct 18, 2018 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer
When children are removed by parents and taken across state lines, the appropriate means of returning the child is referred to as a Hague Case due to its reliance on a Hague Convention regarding custody and child abduction. Since this is a relatively new area of law...
by Morgan Smith | Jul 24, 2018 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law, Post-Divorce Modification
As of July 1 the relocation laws in Tennessee have changed. The new statute is being applied remedially in Davidson County, how it will be handled in other counties is still up in the air. This means even if you begun the relocation process prior to July 1, the new...
by Morgan Smith | Jun 22, 2018 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Post-Divorce Modification
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has reiterated that a disagreement over schools is not grounds for a modification of the primary residential parent designation. This was considered pretty settled law, but some court still rule this way and require parents to fund...
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