Did you remarry and do you have children from a previous marriage? If you don’t have a will, your children from the previous marriage can go through probate after you die to assert certain inheritance rights. However, under state intestacy laws, your current...
When you’re involved in a contentious divorce, it might feel like there’s no way to escape from the sadness, anger, discomfort and exasperation of the process. However, because it is a divorce, it will eventually end. It’s this end date that...
Tennessee spouses who are in the throes of a divorce — whether it’s contentious or peaceful — will need to find a workable solution to divide their assets. If the spouses themselves can’t come to a solution on their own, then a family court...
Parents generally have the right to spend time with and care for their children, and also make important decisions regarding the lives of their children. However, circumstances can be such that a parent loses his or her parental rights. The termination of parental...
Several hundred years ago — when modern divorce law didn’t exist — it wasn’t very common for two spouses to separate and leave one another. The notion of “until death do us part” was taken a little more seriously back then. These...
One of the last things that divorcees may think about when beginning divorce proceedings is how they will deal with tax issues in the future. At the outset, their concerns may only center on where they will live, where the kids will live and where they will go to...
