Where to live during a divorce
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
When getting divorced, the last thing many of our clients want to do is go home at the end of every day to face their spouse. Divorce is an emotional experience and opens the door wide for conflict between soon-to-be exes. One of the first things many Held Law Firm clients do after deciding to […]
Read More »Should I get a prenuptial agreement?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
To determine if you need a prenuptial agreement, you should first understand what it is. A prenuptial agreement is a written contract entered into by couples before a marriage to provide a disposition of assets and obligations in the event of a divorce. To obtain a prenuptial agreement in Tennessee, each party must make full […]
Read More »Therapy: Who needs it?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
All of us could probably use therapy at some point. As a family law firm, we suggest it to many clients as a way to cope with divorce-related life changes like adjusting to living alone, sharing custody of their children with their ex or having to find a new job. For some, there is stigma […]
Read More »State Classifications of Struggling Children
Monday, April 15th, 2019
Parenting is harder than it looks. People across the state of Tennessee often find themselves struggling to provide the care that their children need to function as members of society. When parents are unable to provide that level of care for their children, for whatever reason, the state may step in. When this happens, the […]
Read More »First Friday in juvenile court
Thursday, April 4th, 2019
When I started practicing family and juvenile law over twenty years ago, drugs were a factor in about half of the cases that I took that involved an abused or neglected child. Now, the opioid crisis is all over the news. Right behind it is the methamphetamine crisis. The cocaine crisis. But as the years have gone […]
Read More »How does military service affect child support?
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
All parents have a duty to support their children. That duty, of course, extends to members of the military. It is a fairly common myth that the Service Members Civil Relief Act shields service members from having to pay child support. However, calculating a service member’s child support is a bit different than calculating it […]
Read More »Child Support: Single parent poverty & its effects on children
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Being a single parent is difficult for all kinds of reasons, but perhaps at the top of the list of factors that make it so hard is financial instability. Research shows that single parenthood affects not only the parents, but their children. Children of single parent households are more likely than those of two-parent households […]
Read More »Can I Get Child Support for Taking Care of My Grandkids or Stepchildren?
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Previously, we’ve discussed what you can do if you are worried about your grandchildren’s safety around their parents. We’ve also discussed the rights that stepparents have when it comes to their stepchildren. If you are taking custody of your grandchildren or stepchildren, then you might be wondering what the next step is. It might be […]
Read More »What resources are available if I’m not receiving my child support?
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Child support can be a controversial topic, because many people who are ordered by the Court to pay it do not feel they should have to or that they can afford to. There are many different routes you can take if your children’s other parent does not pay child support, but unfortunately, most of these […]
Read More »Child support: Can failure to pay be grounds for termination of parental rights?
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
There several reasons that can be used to terminate a parent’s rights to their child, one of the most common being abandonment by a willful failure to support (in other words, not paying child support). Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-102, the party seeking to terminate the parent(s) rights under abandonment for lack of […]
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