When Knoxville parents like you decide that adopting a child is right for your family, there are many other steps and processes that follow after the initial decision. Even after you've finished with planning out the big important things like finances, it still leaves...
What should you do if your child has been abducted?
It's a scenario no parent in Knoxville ever wants to consider, but it's one that happens anyway. At the Law Office of Meghan A. Bodie, we work to bring you information about what you can do if the terrifying possibility of a custody-related child kidnapping occurs....
What are major divorce hurdles you may encounter?
As many Knoxville couples going through divorce already know, the road to a split can be rocky and rough. This is why, at the Law Office of Meghan A. Bodie, we strive to provide you with as much information as possible upfront so you can prepare yourself for the...
Alabama ends common law marriage
As of the start of 2017, the state of Alabama no longer allows common law marriages. According to WVTM-13, this law, signed by Gov. Robert Bentley last year, does not dissolve any common law marriages, but it does require unmarried Alabama couples to get a marriage...
New laws could affect same-sex adoption
A new controversial bill was passed by the Tennessee Senate recently. U.S. News reports that the bill, which would require state law to be interpreted in the “natural and ordinary meaning,” was passed with a 23 to 6 vote in the state senate on April 27, 2017. A...
Adoptions: Know the differences between open and closed adoptions
The decision to bring a new child into your home through adoptions is a very serious one. When you adopt a child, you are agreeing to raise and support him or her just as you would your own biological son or daughter. One of the decisions that you will have to make is...
