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 »Literacy in Juvenile Detention Centers
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
According to a November 2015 article in The Tennessean, roughly 2,500 children and teenagers from across Tennessee come through Knox County’s juvenile detention center each year. Juvenile inmates are accused of all sorts of crimes, some as serious as murder and others as (relatively) minor as shoplifting. Some of these inmates stay at the center […]
Read More »First in Adoption Law Changes
Friday, November 2nd, 2018
Only a few months ago, the governor signed Tennessee’s First in Adoption bill resulting in several key modifications pertaining to adoptions and termination of parental rights in our state. The first major change is an entirely revamped surrender form. A surrender is what parties execute in order to voluntarily terminate their parental rights to a […]
Read More »My kid was arrested, what do I do?
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
“My kid was arrested, what do I do?” Many parents feel lost and guilty if their child is arrested. They want to know what to do, how to help. It is important to remember you’re not alone. Here is some advice on what you can do if you find yourself in this situation. Being arrested […]
Read More »Juvenile Interrogations: What You Should Know
Friday, January 27th, 2017
People get questioned by the police. When something goes wrong, the police department and its numerous investigators are asked to figure out what happened. Many times, the police have gathered extensive amounts of information from sources other than witnesses before they even begin to question people. That means they are coming into the interrogation armed […]
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