by Morgan Smith | May 27, 2019 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law, Post-Divorce Modification
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...
by Morgan Smith | Apr 8, 2019 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Post-Divorce Modification
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...
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...
by Morgan Smith | Jan 22, 2018 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer, Family Law, Post-Divorce Modification
Some helpful tips for your consultation from our staff: Hiring a divorce attorney is probably one of the most difficult decisions that most people will make in their lives. The future of our children, and the life that we have worked so hard to build has suddenly...
by Morgan Smith | Nov 3, 2016 | Contested Divorce, Post-Divorce Modification
In my practice as a divorce lawyer here in Middle Tennessee, I find a lot of clients don’t want to be bothered with listing out specific property, or taking the time (and paying the attorney fees) to go over it in detail with their attorneys. Sometimes, when...
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