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Enforcing child support in Tennessee
The end of your marriage is a time of uncertainty for you and your children. That is why child support is so important to your future. Unfortunately, parents sometimes ignore their responsibilities. In Tennessee, the state can help you collect child support....
Factors Tennessee considers when awarding alimony
Parting ways with your Tennessee spouse often proves unnerving, and regardless of whether the split was your decision, you may have valid concerns about how your life is going to go in the absence of your husband or wife. If, for example, you were not the primary...
What to know about eligibility to adopt
You may wish to adopt a child, but you may not know whether you are eligible. We at the firm of Peterson White have found that a lot of people in Tennessee have mistaken or exaggerated ideas about what does and does not qualify you as an adoptive parent. According to...
Divorce is not always a difficult process
Many people have a great deal of anxiety when they are approaching the prospect of getting a divorce. Even if they do not foresee any problems down the road, they are very uncertain about how their life will change and the different hurdles that will arise during...
Dealing with a 401k in a divorce
When separating couples in Knoxville come into their divorce proceedings, many are unaware that their 401ks are subject to property division. This typically prompts questions from both sides. The party that has been contributing to the 401k account usually wants to...
The right attitude can significantly affect a custody dispute
When people find themselves in the midst of a custody dispute, it is often easy to become overwhelmed by negative emotions. Some parents feel angry, especially if their ex is trying to make things difficult, while others may lose all hope and feel like giving up....
How is child custody decided in Tennessee?
As a parent in Tennessee, after making the difficult decision to get divorced, much of your focus will likely fall to the care and custody of your children. If you and your child’s other parent cannot reach a decision jointly, the decision falls to the court....
Father’s rights when a man is not married to his child’s mother
When an unmarried mother gives birth to a baby in Tennessee, the documented paternity of the newborn's father is necessary for a man to exercise his legal rights regarding the child. As noted by WSMV News4 Nashville, an unwed father does not have parental...
DNA testing may lead to surprises
Many people in Tennessee have been giving and receiving paternity tests as gifts. This has led to new discoveries about family relationships. CNBC estimates that anywhere from 0.8% to 30% of the time, men identified as the father of a child are not the biological...
Establishing paternity in Tennessee
If you and your child’s mother married to each other at the time your child was born, your status as the mother’s husband automatically established your paternity; i.e., legal fatherhood. As the child’s legal father, your name went on his or her original birth...