Durak Divorce &
Family Law

When a school week is about to begin, and your child is hours away in another household, coordinating exchanges can feel overwhelming. Tennessee courts do not use one automatic long-distance parenting schedule. Instead, judges create arrangements based on the child’s best interests, travel realities, school responsibilities, and each parent’s ability to maintain a relationship with the child. Distance can affect parenting exchanges, transportation plans, school-year

Your divorce has started, and money remains in a bank account bearing both spouses’ names. A joint account is not automatically divided 50/50 in a Tennessee divorce. The court considers whether the funds are marital or separate property and equitably divides the marital portion based on the circumstances. Money acquired during the marriage is generally treated differently from qualifying separate property. Premarital, gifted, or inherited

A child returns home repeating harsh comments one parent made about the other after a tense weekend. That moment can signal a larger co-parenting problem when conflict begins shaping the child’s relationship with either parent. Those behaviors can become relevant in a custody dispute when they affect the child or violate existing parenting arrangements. Tennessee courts decide custody by focusing on the child’s best interests