Stone Door Trail, Grundy County (southeasttennessee.com)

We offer here a 60-page guide to some of the most frequently examined topics in the family law of Tennessee.

If you do not have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader you will not be able to read a publication with beside it. Please click below to get a copy.

Click here to view the full guide --    Instaguide to Family Law in Tennessee

For those who wish to consult or download portions of it, click below:

                     Instaguide to Divorce -- 11 pages

                     Instaguide to Alimony -- 12 pages

                     Instaguide to Division of Property and Debts -- 8 pages

                     Instaguide to Child Support -- 15 pages

                     Instaguide to Child Custody and Visitation -- 15 pages

                     Instaguide to Service of Process -- 2 pages

An Instaguide is meant to assist pro bono lawyers. It is a complement to standardized forms that we will also offer once a statewide project sponsored by the Administrative Office of the Courts agrees upon them. (Our own self-help project is described elsewhere in these pages. Click here to view it -- Self-Help in Divorce.) It is not a substitute for a treatise or legal research. Rather, it is more in the nature of an annotated introduction for practitioners who accept family law cases for a legal aid program but do not regularly practice in the area.

We welcome comments about these memoranda. Please direct them to wdurand@selegal.org. We may not be able to acknowledge all of the comments we receive, but we very much appreciate them. They will be read. 

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We are indebted to the Benwood Foundation for the grant that enabled us to produce the information offered here.

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