Family Law

Franklin Tennessee Divorce Attorney

John M. Milazo of Milazo Law, P.C. is an aggressive Divorce and Family attorney who has practiced in and around Franklin Tennessee Williamson County and the surrounding counties of Middle Tennessee for more than 12 years. This experience has allowed John to grow as a legal professional giving him unique practical knowledge coupled with a passion for helping families navigate the unfamiliar and often intimidating processes which may be encountered as families transition through a divorce, post-divorce or co-parenting scenario.

Families today face obstacles in an unprecedented fashion addiction is increasing not only among adults but in children of very young ages. Domestic violence has always existed but seems to be increasing as well. The current state of our economy is such that many families once double income families, have seen their budgets reduced by one if not both of their incomes. Now faced with the reduced income, the increased pressure on the family caused by this new financial stress is more than one or both parties can stand. This stress may in some families lead to addiction, infidelity, domestic viiolence and ultimately a divorce.

In other families, not joined by marriage, these same issues may still exist only in these families, often times the parents may have never really known or respected one another much less been involved in a loving and committed relationship. These families must still face the difficult issues involved in parenting a child or children, but may find it more difficult to achieve the cooperation necessary to meet their respective goals for their children.

Many families have found themselves embattled in constant litigation which often only leads to less effective communication and addtional expenses placed on the family. Whether you are facing a divorce or if you have children and were not married to the other parent, you will require a detailed Permanent Parenting Plan that is tailored to the specific needs of your family and that adequately allocates your respective parenting responsibilities and provides for the proper financial support for your child or children. John M. Milazo of Milazo Law, P.C., Attorney at Law, has more than 12 years of experience in helping families such as yours resolve their Family Law matters. At Milazo Law, P.C. you will meet one on one with your attorney, John M. Milazo, and will discuss your families specific situation and will work with your divorce attorney to identify all of the needs and issues which must be addressed. These may include division of real property (i.e. the marital residence or other real estate), allocation of marital debt, identification of the separate property of either spouse, the identification of the separate debts of either spouse, retirement 401K or other financial accounts which may be in the name of either party and may need to be divided. You will discuss specific details of your marriage and the path your marriage has taken leading each spouse to the position they now occupy. This information will be used by you and your attorney to determine if alimony is appropriate in your matter, and if so the type and the duration will be discussed. Of course, great detail will be paid to your families specific needs with respect to your children, their safety, and support. Their schedules, as well as the schedules of each parent, must be carefully considered in order to develop a Permanent Parenting Plan which best suits your family.

Once you have identified any unique challenges your family may be facing, and have developed a plan with your expeerienced trial attorney that divides your assets as well as your debts, provides for the support and maintenance if necessary of the economically disadvantaged spouse didveded all financial and retirement acocunts and developed a parenting plan which you feel is in your child or children's best interests you will then be prepared to begin discussing an amicable resolution to your matter with your spouse or the other parent of your child. An experienced divorce Trial Attorney knowledgeable in the law and practiced at his profession will likely be able to resolve your matter within the perameters carefully determined in the initial phase of representation, sometimes mediation is required in order to achieve these goals. However, if an amicable resolution cannot be reached within your established settlement perimeters it is important that you have already engaged the serviices of an experienced trial lawyer such as John M. Milazo of Milazo Law, P.C. who will be comfortable bringing your matter before the Court in order to meet the needs that you have identified for your family.

Serving clients in Williamson County, Franklin TN, Fairview TN, Spring Hill TN, Brentwwod TN, Maury County, Coulmbia TN, Mt. Pleasant TN, Davidson County, Nashville TN, Hickman County, Centerville TN, Lyles TN, Lewis County, Hohenwald TN, Perry County, Linden TN, Marshall County, Lewisburg TN, Bedford County, Shelbyville TN, Dickson County, Dickson TN, Burns TN, Rutherford County, Murfreesboro TN, Smyrna TN, Sumner County, Gallatin, TN, Robertson County, Springfield, TN and Giles County, Pulaski, TN John M. Milazo would be happy to serve you as well.