by design | Mar 4, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
The Default Start Time for Court is 9 a.m. By Jedidah McKeehan When there is an upcoming hearing on a case it is incredibly important that the lawyers make sure they get their clients to court in the right place and at the right time. What time will court start? I...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
Adultery: Grounds for Divorce or Not? By Jedidiah McKeehan Often when people speak to me about filing for divorce, they speak about how they want to file for divorce on the grounds of adultery. Under Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-4-101, adultery is a basis for...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
What is Split Confinement? By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are charged with a crime, and you are considering pleading guilty, one of the big questions that you will want answered is how you will have to serve your sentence. Your sentence is your period of punishment for...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
If You Reconcile with Your Spouse, You Can Expunge the Divorce Filings By Jedidiah McKeehan When a divorce is filed in Tennessee, even if it is an agreed divorce, the divorce is not finalized and completed right away. Tennessee law requires a “cooling down” period to...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
Laws Regarding Jails and Prisons By Jedidiah McKeehan If you read through Tennessee law, there are same fairly interesting laws regarding jails and prisons that are still in place. Jail is generally the place where inmates are held who are awaiting trial or are...
by design | Dec 11, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
It is a Crime to Possess Brass Knuckles By Jedidiah McKeehan We have all seen the movie where the good guy is about to enter into an epic fist fight with the bad guy. As the two of them stare each other down, we watch the bad guy put on a set of brass knuckles so he...
