by Morgan Smith | Aug 24, 2019 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer
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...
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 | 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...
by Morgan Smith | Sep 12, 2016 | Contested Divorce
Something that comes up quite a bit in my divorce intakes is whether or not property is separate property or marital property. Retirement accounts can be very tricky in this regard, because people generally don’t keep them completely separate, and frequently dip...
by Morgan Smith | Aug 15, 2016 | Contested Divorce, Divorce Lawyer
High net worth divorces often deal with a legal concept called “transmutation.” Transmutation is the legal term that describes the changing of a separate asset to a marital one. A new case covering the subject was released on August 8, 2016, and the...
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