Going from seeing your children frequently to implementing a visitation schedule will take some adjustment. Considering the new time restraints, the opportunities you do have to spend time with your children may feel more important than ever before. Abiding by the...
Establishing your paternity is the basis for your legal relationship with your children. If you are married, this happens more or less automatically. However, you might need to take additional steps. Remember: This is not about being a dad. It is about getting the...
If you owe child support, or you will soon need to make payments because you are splitting up with your child's other parent, you need to take a look at various issues related to support. Aside from reviewing factors courts consider when awarding child support, you...
Since asset and property division is part of the divorce process, you would think your spouse would release the bank statements, pension plan information and other documents showing all monies he or she attained throughout the marriage. Unfortunately, although your...
As a grandparent in Tennessee, maintaining a close relationship with the little ones may be challenging if their parents divorced and your child doesn’t have full custody. Obtaining court-ordered visitation rights can help you keep the bond with your grandchildren...
When your marriage devolves, it may be a quiet crumbling where neither of you realizes it until your differences are irreconcilable. In other situations, your safety in the short and long term may be at stake. A Tennessee divorce might provide the separation from your...
If you recently divorced and have the uncomfortable feeling that your former spouse is attempting to alienate your children from you, you may be right. Psychology Today reports that while parental alienation can begin shortly after a child’s birth if the alienating...
Divorce is a time when you part ways. The status quo is no longer acceptable. However, it is not truly an end in most cases — your family continues on after divorce. You deserve the best possible continuation, and so do your children. Children need fathers You know...
Instances of divorce after 50 are increasing in the United States. AARP reports that the divorce rate for older couples doubled in the past 27 years, particularly for people in the mid-50s to early 60s. While there are many facets to gray divorce, you may find the...
Gray divorce, where spouses over the age of 50 end their marriages, is becoming more common. In fact, the number of gray divorces in the U.S. has doubled in the last 30 years. Still, if you and your spouse have adult children, the end of your marriage may be hard for...
