Batson Nolan Legal Blog

Small businesses number 636,842 or 99.5% of Tennessee’s total companies, according to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy’s August 2021 report. If you have an entrepreneurial inclination, one option is to buy an existing business rather than hanging up your own shingle. If this sounds appealing to you, you may wonder,...

When parents are getting divorced, it can be difficult on their child or children. Suddenly, the child’s home is splitting up and their future seems a little less stable and possibly scary. Some children have preferences as to which parent they want to live with, and sometimes they can express that preference with the judge...

Many people pursuing a personal injury settlement may start to wonder about outstanding financial obligations and how they will be handled once that settlement is agreed to and paid out. And if you are in arrears in your child support payments in Tennessee, you are justified in your concerns. This is because a non-custodial parent,...

Vaping has grown tremendously in popularity since its introduction into the marketplace in the early 2000’s. Generally seen as safer than traditional cigarettes, people have flocked to buy and use these devices. Some do it because they consider vaping to be the equivalent of “quitting” smoking, and others – like our youth – have possibly...

Marital discord is never easy, and getting legally separated or divorced is even harder for anyone – civilian or military. But when a military couple gets separated or divorced, there are military rules that come into play that do not exist in the civilian world. As a general rule, the military likes to stay out...