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If you are divorcing and share children, settling custody will be at the top of the agenda. You might have heard of a standard called the child’s best interest that courts use when making custody decisions. What is it, and how can you work to meet it? Tennessee law...
Divorce isn’t as taboo as it was in the past. Between 2015 and 2017, about 73 percent of adults felt that divorce is morally acceptable. However, some couples are reluctant to seek a divorce due to various cultural or personal beliefs. Below are five myths and facts...
Parents going through a divorce will have to go through the first year of holidays while trying to help children adjust to the new way of life. Having a plan when you’re going into this situation is important because you need to be able to explain what will happen to...
Parents who are divorcing and who have more than one child will have to pay close attention to how the children are interacting with each other. There’s a chance that they will go through some sort of sibling rivalry. These might be attributed to the divorce. You...
Divorce is never an easy situation. In ideal circumstances, there can be emotional tension, sadness, and a fear of the unknown future. Divorcing under complex situations can increase those aspects, and things can get complicated when caring for a disabled child. When...
Few divorces are easy or amicable, but some pose more challenges than others. For example, divorcing when you share children usually turns an otherwise simple divorce into a more complex endeavor. Along with legal issues (child custody, property division, etc.),...
Any divorce in Tennessee can become a messy, embarrassing debacle. Former spouses may fight bitterly over property division issues, support terms and custody matters. Spouses may share embarrassing stories in court that harm each other's reputations and...
If your spouse has an addiction, then both of you have a problem. No matter what they are hooked on, they are channeling a lot of time and energy into feeding that addiction. That is time and energy that is not being directed to you or invested in your marriage. Under...
Ideally, you and your co-parent will have come to an agreement on child custody during divorce proceedings. If this didn’t happen, then the court will have stepped in and come to a ruling based on the best interests of the child. In any case, custody orders are...
You and your spouse may have sat with your child to talk about your divorce. After talking with your child about what divorce will mean, why it’s happening, and that it wasn’t caused because of them, your child may have some questions. Children are curious, especially...