Legal Services at the Intersection of Business and Life
Batson Nolan explains how proper estate planning can save your family thousands of dollars. Due to Federal Income Tax and Federal Estate Tax, it is often joked that the government gets the last laugh by taxing your assets even after you’ve already passed. However, an often times unknown, but very advantageous tax rule exists within the confines in estate planning.…
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…
Find out how a guilty plea can affect you. This article explains important information regarding Tennessee Law in the event you get caught in a “sticky” spot with local law enforcement that results in you being criminally charged. Entering into a plea of guilty, including misdemeanor convictions (crimes punishable not to exceed one year) can have devastating repercussions, and can…
The consequences of not planning for your death. According to a recent Harris Poll regarding a will: 64% of Americans do not currently have a will Out of the 64% that do not have a will, 27% said a will was not an urgent need 15% said they do not need one at all. The poll also indicated why so…
How much time do I have to file a lawsuit? One of the most commonly misunderstood, but crucially important aspects of civil law concerns the timeframe that controls when a civil suit can be brought. We often receive calls from persons with cases that would likely be successful at trial, but are barred by the applicable statute of limitations. In…
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…
Compassionate Allowances allow Social Security to target the most obviously disabled individuals for allowances based on objective medical information that can be obtained quickly. Compassionate Allowances (CAL) are a way of quickly identifying diseases and other medical conditions that invariably qualify under the Listing of Impairments based on minimal objective medical information. Compassionate Allowances is not a separate program from…
A Living Will ensures your wishes are fulfilled in the event that you can’t speak for yourself. In 1990, a 26-year old bookkeeper named Terri Schiavo collapsed from cardiac arrest at her residence in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was eventually resuscitated by paramedics, but she suffered massive brain damage from lack of oxygen to her brain and was left in…
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rule determines whether employees are eligible for or exempt from overtime pay. In 2016, changes were made to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which were supposed to go into effect on December 1, 2016. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rule determines whether employees are eligible for or exempt from overtime pay. Exempt…
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…