Posts by Jason Hines
Focusing on What Matters in Your Tennessee Child Custody Case
Children can often end up as casualties when their parents’ divorce becomes a battlefield. As they sometime try to use the child to get back at the other party (even if they don’t realize they’re doing it), divorcing couples can lose sight of what is best for their child. In almost every state, the best…
Read MoreCongratulations to the Shipleys!
Now that the first of the major family holidays is over, and they have had some time to settle in, we are SO excited to share this picture of Luke Shipley, his wife Megan Swain, and their beautiful almost-one-month-old son. When he was born, he was 7lbs 4oz, 19” long, and as healthy as can…
Read MoreActing Secretary of State Elaine Duke Announces Changes in Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, Nicaragua and Honduras
In November 2017, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke announced that she has terminated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nicaragua. The effective date is January 5, 2019 to allow Nicaraguan citizens ample time to transition back to their home country in an orderly way before their TPS status expires. The Secretary was…
Read MoreProtecting your Privacy During Your Divorce in Tennessee
Divorce can be an incredibly challenging time. Your spouse, who was your life partner and the one person with whom you shared every detail of your life has stepped out of that role. Depending on the circumstances, they might even have become your sworn enemy. If you go through a typical, litigated divorce with a…
Read MoreWhat’s Next for DREAMers Now That DACA has Been Rescinded?
When President Trump rescinded the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program in August, it placed the lives of about 800,000 immigrants in limbo. The current administration claims that the Obama-era program, DACA, which has allowed the children of undocumented immigrants permission to attend school, work and contribute to their communities and the U.S. economy,…
Read MoreHow Virtual Visitation is Changing Co-Parenting in a Digital Age
Virtual visitation uses Internet technologies such as video conferencing using Skype, Hangouts, Face Time and other video calling apps to help keep the connection strong between parents when they live far apart. “Virtual visitation” is a way for divorced parents to communicate with their children via electronic means.” (IBLS) While Utah was the first state…
Read MoreFederal Judge Rules DOJ Cannot Punish Sanctuary Cities by Blocking Public Safety Grant Money
In July 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice said that it will withhold federal grant money for law enforcement from cities that refuse to allow federal immigration authorities access to their jails. This was yet another volley in the back-and-forth conflict between President Trump and the sanctuary cities throughout the United States. A sanctuary city…
Read MorePresident Trump Ended the DACA Program with a Six-month Delay, Leaving DREAMers in Limbo
On Tuesday, September 5th, in a press conference at the Department of Justice, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Trump will be ending the DACA program, the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, with a six-month delay in implementation. The DACA program, which President Obama created as an Executive Order, contains protections for…
Read MoreCo-Parenting Tips for Starting the School Year Off Successfully
Kids are busy these days. They have band practice, Tae Kwon Do classes, dance classes, play dates, doctors’ appointments and baseball practice just to name a few of the extra-curricular activities that kids are involved in. There are also parent-teacher conferences, and school activities that you must coordinate with your ex so that you can…
Read MoreSan Antonio Human Smuggling Tragedy Leaves 10 Dead
The horrifying story of a tractor-trailer crammed with people being suffocated to death in the broiling heat of a Texas summer day likely pricked at the hearts of everyone who heard about it earlier this week. Each one of those 100 people—all undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America – risked their lives, and in…
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