by Morgan Smith | May 9, 2016 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law, Post-Divorce Modification
More affirmation that the material change standard for a change of primary parent determination is more strict than just your standard schedule modification: Angela Newberry v. Jeremy Newberry. Here, Father accused Mother of not supporting the children in their...
by Morgan Smith | Mar 3, 2016 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law
The Court of Appeals has upheld a decision out of Clarksville which named the Mother the Primary Residential Parent with 183 days and Father the Alternate Residential Parent with 182 days and a week on week off schedule. In Barry Spencer v. Christina Spencer, the...
by Morgan Smith | Dec 9, 2015 | Child Support, Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law, Post-Divorce Modification
One of the issues in contested divorces with children is the child support worksheet and deviations of the support. At its most basic, the child support is what it is, and your divorce lawyer will plug in the numbers and tell you what comes out. If you are...
by Morgan Smith | Nov 22, 2015 | Child Support, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law, Post-Divorce Modification
The Court of Appeals overturned an award of $10,000 in attorney fees to a Father who successfully challenged and modified a child support order. In Martha Carter v. David Carter, both parties were represented by local divorce attorneys and incurred considerable legal...
by Morgan Smith | Sep 20, 2015 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law
I know to non-attorneys, a lot of times clients don’t understand exactly why we do what we do, and why your divorce lawyer keeps insisting on things that cost more money. Last week, I had an incident where the other side had used an out-of-county Sheriff to...
by Morgan Smith | Aug 8, 2015 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law
Sometimes you don’t have a choice, and you are blindsided by your spouse filing a divorce or you don’t have time to plan for safety or other reasons and must immediately hire a divorce lawyer and file. However, if you are the person who plans to file for...
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