Family Law Solicitors
The legal professionals at Slaughter Law Firm provide family law solicitors to help you handle matters of family law, also referred to as domestic relations law. These legal issues concern members of your family and typically consist of legal issues such as adoption, guardianship, divorce, child custody, and prenuptial agreements. Our family lawyers can also help in matters of family disagreements.
What Our Family Law Solicitors Do
Our family law solicitors advise clients regarding divorce, alimony, child custody, and other family law matters.
At Slaughter Law Firm of Bristol, Tennessee, we understand how difficult it can be to deal with family legal matters. The toughest situations probably include parental custody and rights issues and the dissolution of marriage.
Obtaining a Divorce in Tennessee
Perhaps the most emotional need for an individual to hire us, a divorce, also provides one of the most complex legal issues. Marital dissolution in Tennessee requires a statement of grounds. These can be fault or non-fault. Claiming irreconcilable differences tops the list of non-fault grounds, while fault-based grounds consist of adultery, habitual drunkenness or drug abuse, impotence, and inappropriate marital conduct. The spouses typically choose mutually to obtain a divorce and devise a settlement to divide assets including property division, set alimony and child support, and determine child custody and a visitation schedule. These uncontested divorces go smoothly, but when only one party desires the divorce, as in a contested divorce, the spouses go to court. Retain our family law solicitors to assist you in obtaining as amicable a divorce as possible that protects your interests.
Child Adoption in Tennessee
Each adult participant in an adoption proceeding requires an attorney. In an adoption, the birth parents rescind rights to their child and another individual or couple assumes legal parental rights to the child. Upon finalization, the adopted child becomes the legal relative of the adoptive family. This complex legal process requires consent forms, procedures of notification, and court dates. Retain our family lawyers to deftly navigate the Tennessee adoption process.
Guardianship
Your family may include a child or adult with special needs or developmental disabilities who requires continued legal assistance after reaching the age of 18 years. You can set up a guardianship that manages funds for the individual, pays bills for them, provides nursing care, etc. We can help you design a guardianship that provides as much independence as possible for the individual while maintaining their safety and health.
Prenuptial Agreements
One way to address key marital issues before marriage is a prenuptial agreement. While many individuals think of the prenup as a sign of trust issues, it really provides a tool for the engaged couple to discuss important matters of marriage before the wedding day. It codifies agreed terms with respect to finance, adultery, marital expectations, property division, shared assets, etc. Couples who do create a prenup address these issues and talk openly about their expectations of marriage before the big day. This helps them clarify many items about which couples typically argue and put their agreed-upon perspective into writing.
Contact Slaughter Law Firm
Let Slaughter Law Firm of Bristol, Tennessee, share our knowledge, experience, and compassion with you to meet the challenges that face families today. Call us today at (423) 844-0560 or email us to schedule an initial consultation.
