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It is true that no two marriages are the same, and it is just as true that no two divorces are the same. Each marriage has two unique individuals who come together with their own finances, property, debts, and sometimes children.  When the decision is made, either by one spouse or both, to get a divorce, those finances, property, debts, etc., need to be divided among the individuals. It may seem simple that each person should leave with what they came to the marriage with, but that typically is not the case and divorces quickly become complicated when property is bought together, when the spouses have children together, when the spouses start a business together, and countless other scenarios that occur during a marriage.                 Tennessee does not take the decision to get lightly and, therefore, when a petition for a divorce is filed, there is a waiting period.  If there are minor children involved, the waiting period is 90 days.  If there are no minor children, then the w

The nursing home is a place where care, attention and help are extended by the staff at the nursing home. Unfortunately, that is not the experience that some of the elderly family members have encountered in these nursing homes. Some nursing homes have extended highly irresponsible, cruel and brutal behavior towards the elderly residents of the nursing home and this is one of the major reasons for the rising numbers in the nursing home abuse cases . This growing numbers is an indication that the situation is turning truly dangerous and unsafe for people who need to shift their beloved elderly family member from the safe and secure confines of the home to a highly precarious and risky place where danger is personified by the very people who should be the saviors. Any indication that the family member who is a resident of a nursing home is suffering some kind of abuse or cruelty need to be further probed and explored. And the first step in this direction is to engage the services o

There comes a time in every body’s life when it becomes necessary to transfer the most loved family member from the safety and security of a home to the unpredictability of the nursing home, because of a number of reasons. These reasons may include, job relocations, lack of time due to job constraints, inability o handle certain medical needs of the patient or a host of other reasons. Whatever be the reason, the shifting of a beloved family member to the nursing home can be traumatic for both. But unfortunately, the precarious condition in which the nursing homes are found today, it seems to be quite intimidating and the proof of the condition is the large number of the nursing home abuse cases . And when such abuses are noticed it is time to nip it in the bud and contact a nursing home abuse lawyer Finding an experienced nursing home abuse attorney to handle the abuse cases, is of prime importance. There are many issues that must be tackled and some of them include, compensation