Nicholas William Utter

Legal disputes involving custody and visitation with respect to a minor child or children in Juvenile and Circuit Court. Grandparent and Step-parent visitation are included. Child custody may or may not involve a divorce matter but representation is provided for both.

Preparation of Assets Purchase Agreements, Buy-Sell Agreements, Rental Agreements, Installment Agreements, Proprty Lease Agreements. Representation extends to appearances before regulatory bodies for required permits and preparation of applications for same. Due Dilligence is a large part of any contract preparation and the part most often left out by unrepresented parties. Business Agreements include Corporate and Limite Liability Organizations as well as Partnership Agreements.

Dissolution of Marriage encompasses filing, temporary support motions, discovery, depositions, mediation and trial. Representation for Contested and Uncontested Divorces. Preparation of Marital Dissolution Agreement, Parenting Plan and Child Support worksheet. Proprty division, allocation of Marital Property versus Separate Property, and debt allocation are at issue in a divorce. Fair and adequate provision for parenting time, and the support and maintenance of minor children is key.

Criminal Defense includes representation in General Sessios Court, Criminal Court and Circuit Court. Representation is also provided at the Appellate level. Some defenses handled include DUI, Reckless Driving, Drug Possession, Drug Sale, Domestic Assault, Assault, Theft, Drug Paraphernalia, Robbery and Burglary.

Most typically involves the automobile wreck and injuries and damages associated with this. Personal Injury is a sub-category of what is known as tort law. Torts also include Libel, Slander, Assault and Battery, Invasion of Privacy, Nuisance, Malicious Prosecution to name a few. A tort is a civil wrong, the remedy for which is provided by law. This office handles a wide range of torts representation.

Probate is a way to transfer the property of a decedent to his or her heirs where the decedent is no longer capable of so doing, a house for example. Probate is also a mechanism to protect creditors and their interest in collecting debt, and protects a decedent's heirs from creditors, particularly the property inherited by the heirs. The probate process provides an orderely allocation and distribution of property of a decedent. It starts with a Will, which this office also will prepare.

While the areas giving rise to a wrongful termination are limited, employees enjoy some limited protection against being terminated for reasons that are contrary to the law. Some of these include the filing of worker's compensation, and violations of Tennessee Human Rights Act protections.