Fritts, Northcott Use Discretion to Discriminate
Monday, June 17th, 2019
Right now, Grayson Fritts and Craig Northcott are making headlines for choosing to discriminate (or advocating for worse) against the LGBTQ community. This is an abomination, but these ideas are not exactly news. Consider this: prior to 1989, Tennessee law labeled “sodomy” a crime against nature and declared it a felony. If convicted, you would go […]
Read More »The Literacy Project: Where are we now?
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
In January of this year, Held Law Firm announced plans to work with Knox County’s Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center on a new initiative called The Literacy Project. We are thrilled that this project has been hugely successful thus far. The Latest As of mid-May and with the help of community partners, we have […]
Read More »How to talk to kids about divorce
Friday, May 17th, 2019
For many parents, having to talk to kids about divorce is one of the most difficult conversations they will ever have. This is understandable; divorce is an intense and often upsetting experience for the entire family. Luckily, there are several tips to keep in mind that will make that conversation easier and more productive for […]
Read More »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 opens the door wide for conflict between soon-to-be exes. However, it can be difficult to decide where to live during a divorce. One of the first things many […]
Read More »Therapy: Who needs it? Why?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
Each of us probably needs therapy at some point. Why? 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 »Juvenile Court: First Friday
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. As the years pass, the drugs […]
Read More »I’m not getting child support! Help!
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 »The Literacy Project: Next Steps
Monday, April 1st, 2019
Held Law Firm staff has been hard at work on The Literacy Project since January. Recent law graduate and Held Law Firm associate Jennifer Henszey first conceived of the idea for this project after she visited the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center during her third year of law school. While there, she was told […]
Read More »What the drug crisis means for grandparents
Friday, March 29th, 2019
What does the drug crisis mean for grandparents? Many children are placed in households headed by relatives due to the large number of parents who struggle with drug addiction in Tennessee. Nearly 8 million children across the country lived in these non-nuclear households in 2017. Many of those households were headed by grandparents. There is […]
Read More »Domestic Violence Series: Domestic Assault Charges vs. Orders of Protection
Friday, March 29th, 2019
If you have been attacked, threatened, or otherwise put into fear by your partner or a member of your household, you may not know where to turn. Thankfully, in Tennessee, you have multiple options to deal with this situation should you ever face it. However, you should be aware of the risks and benefits of […]
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