Tennessee Recent Legal Answers from Lawyers

I agree with the previous responding attorney. You can bond him out. You can tell the DA you don' t want him prosecuted, but that is not up to you. A domestic violence case is not you vs. him, it is the State of Tennessee vs him, and they can and will protect you even if you don't want it.   Now, at the practical level, if you are the State's only witness, and you are not cooperative, it may be they can never convict your husband, but you are a witness. As a victim, you are kind of a special type of witness under the law, but bottom law is you are a witness in the State's case.   I don't know if the criminal justice system is what you need, but heated arguments are not supposed to lead to busted lips. If that's how your relationship is, sooner or later he, you, or both are going to go to jail. You've alreay been to the hospital. As I said, maybe you don't need a prosecutor and a judge, but that has to change. The prosecutors have a job to protect citizens of Tennessee, you included. ... Read More

My first advice would be to ask the lawyer you had for the divorce. Next, I'd say escrow refund is not proceeds. Those are funds you prepaid for taxes, insurance, etc. I would say since those were likely paid out of marital funds, the 'right thing' is to give him half. However, to answer your question, I would say an escrow refund is not, technically, procees of the sale.... Read More

If you are going to a hearing before an administrative law judge, you should be represented by an attorney.  That attorney may be able to recommend a physician.  To find an attorney near you, please see the website of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives.... Read More

That depends. If your husband sold the truck and there was no discussion about the personal items, then the sale included everything in the truck. If there was a specific discussion that the sale did not include the items in the truck, then the sale did not include the items in the truck. If the latter, then you can file a civil action lawsuit against the buyer in small claims court for the cost of the items. As you might have learned, next time take everything out of the vehicle before you transfer possession to the buyer.... Read More

if it is actually uncontested, meaning you have or can reach a written agreement about each and every single issue that might exist between you, it is sometimes possible to proceed without an attorney. If you are too smart to make that mistake, depending on the county and how many issues exist, you can probably get it done right for $2-5k.... Read More

The guidelines for this website tell the attorneys we are not supposed to say things like "you need to hire an attorney." despite that, you need to not only hire an attorney, you need to find one you can hire today. There are only very limited and very specific ways to challenge an executed agreement, with very strict timelines. without carefully reviewing the documents and all of the circumstances surrounding it, and any other documents related to the divorce, nobody can really answer your question. You don't have to make me understand, but already your question says you gave up custody of your children over a birth certificate, and that is impossible to understand. It takes a couple weeks and like $20 to get a new birth certificate. Same with other documents, they are all easily replaceable. i'm not saying you don't maybe have a case, I'm just telling you you're going to have to explain how her not giving you something you could get for $20 on your own somehow was forcing you to give up custody of your children. To be honest, I think most people will assume you've just changed your mind, which is a very different legal standard... Read More

Although you posted as anonymous, I think any lawyer's first advice will be to stop confessing to crimes on the Internet. Making a false police report is a crime, and so yes, you could go to jail for it.   having said that, my opinion, which perhaps is worth what you paid for it, is that any person you tell the story is going to think you told the truth at first, and you are now lying to protect your abuser.    ultimately, it is the state versus the defendant, it's not your case and so you cannot drop it. On a practical level, prosecuting a case where the victim changes their story to help the abuser is very difficult. You will almost definitely be threatened with arrest and prosecution if you tried to change your story, but in my personal experience police and prosecutors very rarely follow through with that threat. As I said, they will believe that you were abused, and they will not really want to lock up a victim.... Read More

The cost can vary greatly. Lawyers.com has some god research on this. Their survey says average attorneys fees for a divorce with custody issues ranged from $14-25k. If your custody case is particularly nasty, that can easily double. It's much better and cheaper to negotiate a deal, but it takes two to make an agreement.... Read More

The cost can vary greatly. Lawyers.com has some god research on this. Their survey says average attorneys fees for a divorce with custody issues ranged from $14-25k. If your custody case is particularly nasty, that can easily double. It's much better and cheaper to negotiate a deal, but it takes two to make an agreement.... Read More

I am unsure if the person with the car is your current husband or ex husband. If the car was purchased during the marriage, it doesn't matter whose name is on documents; the car is marital property and only the divorce court can deal with possession. If you purchased it before getting married, in theory it's your separate property, but still in most cases the police will send you to the divorce court for an order confirming your ownership before they will assist with recovery.... Read More