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If you have a child with someone and are either divorced or never married, the chances are good that you have a parenting plan in place. Most parenting plans are court orders that must be followed. If a parent does not follow the order, they risk being found in contempt of court. But what about fears surrounding the Coronavirus? According…
Do stay-at-home dads have a good shot at being granted status as the primary residential parent to their children in a Tennessee divorce? In today’s world, traditional family roles are not so common anymore. Gone are the days of dad driving off to work every morning as mom tends to the kids and household chores for the entire day.…
Batson Nolan PLC provides a summary analysis of TN Protection Orders. In Tennessee, an Order of Protection (OP) provides victims of certain types of abuse with a shield from their abusers that exists outside the context of the criminal courts and criminal law. Though OP’s are effective, they can be tricky to obtain. Accordingly, this article will examine and provide…
TN Supreme Court Clarifies the Nine Statutory Factors. This past month, in In re Gabriella D., et al, the Tennessee Supreme Court rendered a decision that reclarifies the statutory requirements for whether there are sufficient grounds to terminate the parental rights of a father or mother. The Supreme Court reclarified that to terminate a parental right to a child, the…
One of the most important child custody issues is parental relocation. With one of the largest army bases in the United States, Clarksville and Ft. Campbell often have to deal with parental relocation. Often times, when people retire from the Army, they desire to return home to be with their family and bring their children with them. Depending on the…
How do I know if I can get an annulment? There are some common misconceptions about the law surrounding the annulment of a marriage and the availability of an annulment as an “alternative” to divorce. While annulling a marriage can be a more desirable means of ending a marriage, as opposed to the typical divorce, Tennessee law restricts the availability…
How do I know if I can get an annulment? There are some common misconceptions about the law surrounding the annulment of a marriage and the availability of an annulment as an “alternative” to divorce. While annulling a marriage can be a more desirable means of ending a marriage, as opposed to the typical divorce, Tennessee law restricts the availability…
It’s one of the most common questions people have about getting a divorce. When it comes to cost, the primary rule in getting a divorce is the more the parties fight, the more the divorce will cost . The opposite is also true: the less the parties fight, the less the divorce will cost. This is true whether the divorce…
John W. Crow In the summer of 2014, the Tennessee General Assembly passed several new changes to family laws in this state. One of the most comprehensive revisions of the law was to a statute that is known as “the rights of parents” [T.C.A. 36-6-101(a)(3)(A)]. The legislature strengthened, clarified, and expanded this law in an attempt to curtail many of the…
In any Tennessee divorce proceeding where the custody of a minor child or children is at issue, the court must make a custody determination based upon the best interest of the child. With the child’s best interest as the paramount consideration, the court “shall order a custody arrangement that permits both parents to enjoy the maximum participation possible in the life…