People in Tennessee often think of divorce as a protracted legal conflict. What movies and television shows do for dramatic effect can give people the wrong impression about what options they have at the end of a marriage. Litigated divorces are always an option. For...
If you’re looking for advice on how to talk to a child about an upcoming divorce, one common piece of advice you will receive is to assure the child that it’s not their fault. If you’re a parent and you’re having "the divorce conversation" with your child, you don’t...
For many people, the home where they live is a source of financial stability. They know that they can draw on their home equity in an emergency. They also likely intend to leave that value to their loved ones when they die. Clearly, home equity is a key contributor to...
You may have heard that putting off marriage can help to make that marriage more stable. For instance, divorce odds are highest for those who get married very young, such as at 18 or 19. For every year after that, the divorce odds drop by 11%. So you are far less...
Property division can be a hotly contested issue in a divorce. People can sometimes act in ways that end up costing them in the long run Here are a few errors to avoid: Failing to declare assets Hiding an asset could lead to your spouse getting a greater share of...
In the past, divorce was known to be adversarial and full of conflict. One spouse would have to show that the other had engaged in some form of wrongdoing, such as infidelity. With no-fault divorce, this has changed somewhat. There is no need for both spouses to...
Divorce inspires many questions and will leave you with a lot of choices to make. One is whether to try and keep your marital home – if you and your spouse co-own your property. Many people assume they need to fight to get the house because it’s what they’ve seen...
January has unofficially been referred to as Divorce Month for years now. If it’s your first time encountering this moniker, you may be wondering why that is the case. This trend can boil down to one idea: the holidays. When you think about it, people don’t want to...
A certain political trend has potential consequences for couples who prefer to seek quicker, less complex no-fault divorces. A recent shift toward conservative policies at the state level has some state legislators attempting to do away with no-fault divorces....
When one spouse wants to get a divorce and the other does not, that person may try many different things to stop the divorce from taking place. They may simply attempt to talk their spouse out of it. They may propose other solutions, such as taking a temporary break...