It's sometimes hard to think about bringing up a divorce with your children. When you had them, you didn't think that you and their other parent would ever separate. Now, that's no longer the case. You want the divorce to be as easy for your child as possible, but...
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Divorce and your finances: Be ready for everything
There is no denying the fact that divorce will change your personal life. You can expect this to have an impact on your finances as well.Even if you're only considering divorce, you should take a strong look at how your finances will change if you decide to move...
4 tips for talking to your spouse about divorce
Many couples will eventually reach a breaking point in their relationship where the only option might be to end things. Perhaps you and your husband have been trying for years to make it work, but, despite your efforts, it has been impossible to get your marriage back...
Yes, food with alcohol baked in can result in a DUI
It's long been a myth that you can't get drunk from eating foods that have been cooked with alcohol. "The alcohol burns off!" is what most people believe. The truth is that it's unlikely that all the alcohol put into a dish will bake off, and that's bad news if you...
Is your teenage son or daughter shoplifting?
Some kids seem to glide through the teen years with the wind at their backs and sails billowing high. Others get stuck trying to paddle upstream. While it may be impossible — and likely unwise — to rush to your teens' rescues every time they make a stagger...
Here’s what you should know about marital property in Tennesse
During the course of a marriage, especially one that lasts a decade or more, it is typical for each spouse to accumulate money, property and various assets: for example, the house you purchased in Knoxville after your wedding, the furniture in it, your cars and even...
Debunking 3 alcohol myths
Drinking and driving is a crime, yet people still do it and fairly frequently. Sometimes, people drive drunk because they're misinformed. There are many different myths about drinking alcohol that need to be debunked, from thinking coffee makes you sober to believing...
How to protect your financial assets during a divorce
Divorce is a difficult process for everyone involved. Emotions are often hard to manage, stress levels are elevated, and that’s true even if the dissolution of the relationship is reasonably amicable. Still, there is no guarantee of a friendly breakup. And even...
Nervous about your divorce? Mediation may make it easier
The divorce process is never easy. This is true whether you and your spouse have been married for just a few years or you have been married for a few decades. Unfortunately, sometimes divorce is unavoidable due to irreconcilable differences between spouses.Movies and...
Divorce: It’s never black or white, but apparently may be gray
Something happened in Tennessee and throughout the nation between 1990 and 2010. A new trend developed and became so common that the media and others applied a colloquial term to it. It has to do with divorce, more specifically, people over age 50 who file for it in...