I live in Tennessee but I am being slandered by someone in Texas. Can I sue them in Tennessee?

I think it depends on the particular facts of the case as to whether Tennessee could assert personal jurisdiction over this potential Defendant. ...

Landlord said he was gonna physically beat me up

You should report this incident to the police.

In order to obtain an Order of Protection on behalf of your children, you would have to show that your children are victims of domestic abuse as...

How to prove paternity in TN? I am single man, the mother married within 10 mo of birth of child. DNA test say I am the father

You will need to file a petition to establish parentage, and as part of that petition you can also request the Court to grant you custody. If the...

What will happen if the mother and father dont show up to child support court ?

If you have both been served and summonsed to appear, you could both potentially have bench warrants issued for you if you fail to appear. As the...

If I cannot afford a lawyer, can I send my husband’s lawyer divorce papers?

You can file your own pleadings, and when doing so you would need to file the original with the court clerk for the case in which the divorce has...

I want to file for a emergency custody, but how do I do so and adopt until she is 18?

First, if you have information that a minor child is being physically abused, you are mandated by law to report this abuse to the authorities. The...

Can you be charged criminally for hiding a court date to increase child support and money is collected due to default judgement?

There's not enough information here to really know whether there are any crimes for which Mother could be charged criminally. The more important...

Can a proposed child custody plan, presented to me by my ex be used against him in court if I do NOT sign the document?

There may be a problem with getting the proposal admitted into evidence pursuant to Tenn. R. Evid. 408, which generally prohibits the admission of...

There are a lot of issues that would need to be discussed in order to give you proper guidance on this situation, and it is not possible to address...