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5100 Poplar Avenue, Suite 2700, Memphis, TN 38137]
Misty D. Becker: The two types of divorces that Tennessee recognizes are contested and non-contested divorces.
[GRAPHIC: Misty D. Becker, Attorney At Law, Becker Law Firm]
A contested divorce is a divorce where one of the parties is contesting some aspect of that divorce. Could it be that they're going to get a divorce, how the property is going to get settled, how the children are gonna be spending their holidays. An uncontested divorce as is understood by the general public is that neither party is contesting the fact that they want to have a divorce. In other words, they both agree that they need to have a divorce, and they both agree as to how the property and the children are gonna be separated.
It is difficult to approach many divorces in an uncontested fashion, because until the paperwork is signed, the uncontested divorce may be more difficult than an actual contested divorce. Whereas people think that they have an agreement they may not already have. And when you proceed on the divorce in an uncontested fashion, it may cause more conflict between the parties. Depending upon the process and the person, a person may rethink the uncontested divorce when they either see it on paper, when they start talking it over with the attorney, and they realize that -
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- there are other options out there than what just they and their spouse had already discussed.
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5100 Poplar Avenue, Suite 2700, Memphis, TN 38137]
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