Second Marriages and Prenuptial Agreements
Second (or subsequent) marriages often take place later in the lives of at least one of the spouses. People entering into second marriages may have children from their first marriage, a business or accumulated assets over the course of their lives. Now they have found that special someone with whom they plan to spend the…
Read More5 Clues You Could Use a Post-nuptial Agreement in Your Marriage
You might have believed in happily ever after when you said, “I do,” but now that you have been married for a few years your views may have changed. It is not that you don’t love your spouse, but you have witnessed the nightmares that your friends and colleagues have faced when they went through…
Read MoreKeeping Your Divorce Out of the Public Eye
You do not have to live in Lewis County to have a vested interest in the recent drama playing out in the papers with Tennessee Senator Josey Hensley and his now ex-wife. For public figures – politicians, celebrities, local business owners and the like – seeing an intimate personal tragedy through the lens of the…
Read MorePending Tennessee Family Law Legislation for 2015
There are several bills coming out of the 2015 session of the 109th General Assembly awaiting Governor Haslam’s signature which include some important revisions to the existing child custody and support laws in Tennessee. Many of the proposed changes to existing law will serve to better protect vulnerable children from being placed in environments that…
Read MoreWho Pays College Tuition After Divorce?
Whether or not divorced parents can be required to pay college tuition for their child depends on what state they live in – actually what state they were divorced in. Some states can order divorced parents to pay these expenses. However, in Tennessee there is no legal requirement for divorced parents to pay college tuition…
Read MoreIt Is True: You Can Now Use Facebook to Serve Divorce Papers
Or at least, you can serve your spouse divorce papers via Facebook if you live in New York. The Wall Street Journal reports that a “Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper allows a lawyer for 26-year-old nurse Ellanora Baidoo to serve the divorce summons to Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku through a private message from her Facebook…
Read MoreIs There a Penalty for Hiding Assets in a Divorce?
Where is the love? This is a question people who are in the midst of a divorce might ask when they discover that their soon-to-be-ex spouse has been hiding assets that belong to both of them. Unfortunately, hiding assets in divorce is all too common. What are the penalties for hiding assets in a divorce?…
Read MoreWhere Does Fido Go When Pet Parents Hit Splitsville?
A custody fight over a dog? If you have to ask that question, then you are clearly not a dog lover. Increasingly in recent years, disputes over who will get custody of the family pet have been on the rise in divorce cases across the U.S. In a survey about pet custody cases last year,…
Read MoreWho Keeps Which Assets in a Complex Divorce?
The division of assets and determining who will get custody of the children can be the two most contentious issues in divorce. Most people plan to be married forever when they say their “I do’s.” Over the years, they have children together, build homes and businesses, and he may collect classic cars and she may…
Read MoreComplicated Divorce Issues: How Business Valuation and Division Works
In January 2015, Harold Hamm, who has been embroiled in a spectacularly complicated divorce, wrote a $975 million check to his ex-wife to settle their property division dispute that began in 2012. Mr. Hamm is the billionaire CEO of Continental Resources, a business he started in 1967. Mr. Hamm is said to be worth more…
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