How To Obtain An Agreed Or Uncontested Divorce in the Middle Tennessee Area

To get started with the divorce process you will need to print and complete the Statistical Information Worksheets that we can send to you. Fill them out completely call or email us to schedule an appointment. All that is required to start the process is a $100.00 down payment.

1. Middle Tennessee Divorce Lawyer Michael K. Walker Explains The Uncontested Divorce Process

   All that is required to start the process is a $300.00 - $500.00 down payment. We also offer same day typing making it possible for us to file your divorce the same day you come into our office. You may sign the papers at the office or bring or mail the signed papers back to the office when you are ready for us to file them with the courts. You will have the entire 60 or 90-day waiting period Tennessee law requires to pay the remaining balance. Tennessee divorce law also requires both parents to attend a parenting seminar when there are minor children born or adopted of the marriage.

2. Some Things Are Worth Spending A Lot Of Money Fighting For And Some Things Are Not - Choose Your Bat

   It costs less. - When both spouses are in agreement to all terms of the divorce they can share, or at least cut the cost by hiring one attorney. If the spouses were to retain separate attorneys to represent them in a contested divorce, each party may be paying a retainer of about $1,500 to $10,000 just to get started and would incur additional costs commonly billed at $175 to $400 per hour.

3. Spouses Control The Pace Of The Case And What They Consider To Be Fair Terms Of The Agreement

   In an uncontested divorce the couple controls how decisions are to be made, when the divorce paperwork is filed, and the specific agreements within the Marital Dissolution Agreement and Permanent Parenting Plan. You control the timing of you case. If you need more time for financial reasons, or the parties want to speed the process up to get divorced as soon as legally possible, we will be glad to make either happen for you. If you and your spouse work out the marital problems and decide to stop the divorce just let us know. We will take the appropriate steps to hold the proceedings.

4. Less Fighting Is Easier On The Child(ren)

   The worst aspect of a divorce is the conflict between the parents and the way it affects their children. The divorce process will be traumatic at many different levels for the child(ren), but they can better adjust knowing that their parents are working together to make the right decisions and are trying to resolve the situation the best way possible under the circumstances.

5. It Is Best To Work Together As A Team At The Beginning To Try To Reach An Agreement

   A mutual divorce begins in our office with discussions and tentative agreements that are encouraged to be good-natured. This creates an environment for suggesting solutions to issues that may not have been considered by the parties beforehand or were considered but needed fine-tuning. Talking these things out often leads to new solutions neither party had previously considered and is productive towards successfully reaching an agreement.