Law Office of Meghan A. Bodie
The attorney at Law Office of Meghan A. Bodie is passionate about resolving family law issues efficiently and ethically.
If you are preparing to get a divorce and you have kids, you likely need to carefully review a number of legal topics, such as child custody and child support. If you have to pay child support, it is vital to ensure that you stay current, especially since becoming...
When a serious accident can happen at any time, it is important to think about how you would want a health professional to treat you in the event you cannot communicate your wishes. Advance directives are the most common way to do this. These legal documents detail...
In Tennessee, families come in all shapes and sizes. While laws have traditionally centered around heterosexual family units, the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court ruling granted legal recognition of same-sex marriages, too. As a result, there are many family...
Working together with your co-parent after a divorce may seem like a distant and far-off goal, especially if the divorce went rockier than you had hoped for. Fortunately, there are ways to work toward cooperative parenting. Parallel parenting serves as a potential...
Going through a divorce is never easy, and if you have kids, the situation disrupts their lives as well. Divorce affects all children, no matter their ages. However, the effects are often less when the parents take the right approach to tell the kids about it. Take a...
Naming beneficiaries may take some time as you determine who you feel would most benefit from your estate. In fact, as your life progresses, you may change who you have listed as beneficiaries. Understanding some strategies for selecting beneficiaries, as well as...
When you dive into your estate planning, there might be a lot on your mind: trust funds for your loved ones, wills for your property and making sure someone you trust has the authority over your health if you ever need it. But another important part of your estate...
Tennessee offers divorcing couples an option to share in the parenting of their children instead of following traditional court-ordered custody and visitation decrees. By creating a parenting plan, two ex-spouses can participate equally in the responsibilities of...
Separation of the marital property between you and your spouse may feel complicated, especially if neither of you agrees on the best way to do so. In the face of that disagreement, Tennessee courts aim to divide everything equitably once they consider all the factors....
With work, home, recreation, spiritual and other daily obligations, you may feel there are too few hours in the day. You are not alone, of course, as many Americans report feeling busier than ever. Still, you are probably certain you have enough time to adopt a child....
