What divorcing later in life looks like from a Tennessee family-law practiceThe growing number of older Americans who divorce is often treated as a cultural curiosity. It should not be. A divorce at 60 or 70 may involve no parenting
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced in 2010. Their final divorce decree incorporated a marital dissolution agreement (“MDA”) requiring Husband to pay Wife $40,000 in alimony
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2022. Their agreed parenting plan provided for equal parenting time, shared decision-making, a split-week schedule, alternating weekends, and alternating holidays. If they lived in different school zones, they were to select Child’s school together
Facts: Father and Mother divorced in Virginia in 2021. The Virginia court awarded them joint legal custody of Child, designated Mother as the primary residential parent,
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2020. Their marital dissolution agreement required Father to pay Mother one-half of his 2019 work bonus and one-eighth of his
Facts: Mother and Father, who were never married, are the parents of Child. They initially shared equal parenting time on a rotating two-week schedule.A March 2023 interim order established Father’s paternity, noted Mother’s safety concerns, required Father’s parenting time to
Facts: Two Neighbors—Ms. Kelley and Ms. Bowden—lived across the street from each other at the end of a dead-end street. Their relationship deteriorated after a dispute over a visitor’s box trailer. Over the next several years, each neighbor repeatedly called
