Tennessee Family Law FAQs
Answers to Common Family Law Questions
Family law matters can raise a lot of questions. Oldfield Law Tennessee has created this resource to help individuals and families better understand common issues involving divorce, child custody, parenting plans, child support, adoption, dependency and neglect, and other Tennessee family law matters.
Browse by topic below to find answers to frequently asked questions. These resources provide general information about Tennessee law; your specific circumstances may require individualized legal guidance.
Browse Family Law FAQs by Topic
Select a topic to explore answers to common questions about Tennessee family law.
Child Custody & Parenting Plans
Parenting plans, visitation, parental rights, custody decisions, modifications, and more.
Divorce
Divorce timelines, filing requirements, contested and uncontested divorce, discovery, settlements, and more.
Child Support
Tennessee child support calculations, modifications, enforcement, income, arrears, and more.
Property & Asset Division
Marital property, separate property, homes, retirement accounts, debts, businesses, and dividing assets in a Tennessee divorce.
Alimony & Spousal Support
Types of alimony, eligibility, payment amounts, modifications, remarriage, and other Tennessee spousal support questions.
Grandparents & Third-Party Rights
Grandparent custody and visitation, legal standing, intervention, adoption, and the rights of other family members.
Relocation & Moving With Children
Moving with a child, relocation notices, objections, parenting-plan changes, and Tennessee parental relocation requirements.
Paternity
Establishing or challenging paternity, DNA testing, unmarried parents, custody rights, visitation, and child support.
Domestic Violence & Orders of Protection
Orders of protection, emergency protection, domestic violence, evidence of abuse, and how abuse allegations may affect custody.
Evidence & Court Procedures
Text messages, recordings, social media, witnesses, depositions, documentation, and evidence in Tennessee family court.
Modifications & Enforcement
Parenting-plan modifications, material changes in circumstances, contempt, enforcement, emergency custody, and court-order violations.
Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
Divorce and custody mediation, confidentiality, attorneys at mediation, failed mediation, collaborative divorce, and arbitration.
Adoption & Guardianship
Stepparent and relative adoption, parental rights, guardianship, foster-parent adoption, adult adoption, and related requirements.
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Prenup enforceability, protected property, alimony provisions, challenges, separate attorneys, and postnuptial agreements.
Emergency Family Law Questions
Emergency custody, child safety concerns, DCS investigations, substance abuse, visitation concerns, and urgent family situations.