Family Law News and Insights

A prenuptial agreement is a contract between prospective spouses before they marry, which governs certain issues in the event of divorce or death, such as property division, spousal support, and rights of a surviving spouse. No doubt, this is not the sort of topic one ordinarily wants to discuss while...

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A cryptocurrency is, in general terms, a digital asset used as a medium of exchange with encryption techniques to secure the transactions. Cryptocurrencies are difficult to counterfeit because of encryption, and they utilize peer-to-peer, decentralized networks for transactions. These aspects are, in part, what add value to cryptocurrencies and make them desirable...

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The Tennessee Supreme Court has now determined that money withdrawn from a joint checking account and placed into a certificate of deposit in the name of only one of the spouses loses its status as entireties property.  In re Estate of Calvert Hugh Fletcher, No. M2015-01297-SC-R11-CV, filed 12/06/2017. The Fletchers opened...

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