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After your spouse has been served with the divorce papers, your spouse has 30 days to file an “answer” with the court. If your spouse does not file an answer within 30 days, you can ask the judge for a “default judgment”. This means that the judge will give you the divorce.

Keep Communication Open. Give your child a safe space to share with you why they want this change. You can certainly have boundaries that the conversation has to stay respectful but remember that goes both ways. Let them speak.

Tennessee law does not specify a specific age at which a child can express their preference in a custody case. However, the court is more likely to consider the preference of an older, more mature child. Generally, children aged 12 or older are deemed to be of sufficient age and maturity to express a preference.

The law in Tennessee dictates that the court will consider the custody and visitation preferences of a child who is over the age of 12. However, this does not mean that the court does not also have the discretion to take into account the preferences of a child under the age of 12.

If a child doesn't want to live with a parent, it might be a safety issue. If your child is old enough, ask what is happening there that makes him or her not want to go. For small children, ask them to draw a picture of life at Daddy's house. A professional counselor and lawyers might need to be involved.

Although there is no legal requirement in Tennessee divorce law to wait to remarry any particular length of time after a divorce is granted, most Tennessee lawyers advise to wait at least until the 30 day appeal period has expired.

Parental alienation is a strategy whereby one parent intentionally displays to the child unjustified negativity aimed at the other parent. The purpose of this strategy is to damage the child's relationship with the other parent and to turn the child's emotions against that other parent.

Usually, when we are asked this question, people are asking if their modification will have to be litigated in family court. The good news is that you do not automatically have to go through litigation when requesting a parenting plan modification in TN.

The two (2) most common arrangements are ?standard visitation? and ?shared parenting?. Standard visitation is normally 285 days for the Primary Residential Parent (PRP) and 80 days for the Alternate Residential Parent (ARP); shared parenting is 182.5 days for each parent.