Knoxville TN Divorce Mediation Attorney

Knox County Family Law Lawyer

At the Knoxville, Tennessee, law firm of Breeding & Dothard, LLC, lawyers David Dothard and Shelley Breeding practice in a wide range of practice areas, from family and divorce mediation to business law and business-associated legal areas like construction and real estate law.

Family Law, Business Law and Real Estate Attorneys

Our clients include local doctors, University of Tennessee professors, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and accountants. We handle complex legal issues for families and business owners, while providing superior customer service and personal attention. Our practice areas include:

• Divorce: We can litigate, negotiate and mediate disputes regarding child custody, child support, spousal support and property division. Our business and family law background enables us to handle the most complex divorce situations, including high-net-worth divorce and military divorce.
• Father's rights in divorce and custody: We work aggressively to protect father's rights in divorce and child custody issues. In Tennessee, there is no presumption that the mother must receive custody of the children. We help father's assert their rights in paternity actions and in divorce.
• Child custody and parenting: We are experienced in both family court and juvenile court. We have served as court-appointed guardians ad litem, and are skilled at advocating for your child and for your custody rights and goals.
• Child support: We can advocate for a child support agreement that works for you, and can handle cases involving failure to pay/contempt of court through wage garnishments and other legal tools.
• Adoption: We handle parent, relative and foster parent adoptions and assist in surrogacy and single-parent adoptions.
• Business litigation: We handle disputes involving non-compete agreements, division of partnership assets, consumer protection, failure to pay, breaches of contract, breaches of fiduciary duty, collections and real estate and construction disputes.
• Business formation: We have experience helping clients with business formation needs to limit your personal liability when starting a business, such as Limited Liability Company (LLC).
• Real estate litigation: We represent clients in disputes involving landlord and tenant disagreements, sale and purchase contracts, lien enforcements, misrepresentation, breaches of contract and property disclosure.
• Construction litigation: Including contractor disputes, breaches of contract, consumer protection and defective construction, paving, grading, roofs and repair, and water damage and mold.
• Contested wills: As part of our civil litigation practice, we represent clients in will contests, including wills that are invalid due to undue influence, fraud and lack of testamentary capacity.
• Estate planning and wills: We assist clients in drafting wills and trusts that protect your assets and property.
• Family and civil mediation: We represent clients in disputes relating to landlord and tenants, breaches of contract, nonpayment of bills and loans, property damage, division of property, divorce, child custody, divorce-related property settlement, child support, alimony, real estate, construction and contested wills.
• Personal injury: We handle clients' personal injury cases, including car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents and slip-and-fall cases. We work to protect the interests of the family after serious accidents in Tennessee.
• Issues Related to Juveniles/Minors: We represent the interests of juveniles in family law matters, including dependency, neglect, abandonment and other juvenile hearings. Our attorneys have experience as guardian ad litem as well as meditating juvenile issues outside of court.
• Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements: As part of the family law practice, we help couples draft prenuptial and postnuptial agreements to protect the interests of both parties.

Contact Us

If you have questions regarding divorce, child custody, child support, adoption, business, real estate, construction, estate litigation or mediation, contact us. We accept credit cards, charge competitive rates, are available for evening and weekend appointments and are conveniently located in Knoxville, Tennessee, off Kingston Pike near Pellisippi Parkway. To contact us, call 865-670-8535.