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Is Tennessee a 50/50 custody state?

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no Tennessee is not a 50/50 custody
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State we try not to use the word custody
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anymore uh we call it parenting time I
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don’t think parents should be visitors
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we used to call it custody and
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visitation and I I just don’t think
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either parent should have quote
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visitation or be a visitor we call it
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parenting time now uh there’s no
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presumption about 5050 it’s what is in
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the best interest of the child
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considering all the factors that go in
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work schedule health of the child health
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of the parents ability to parent but uh
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our statute does say that it encourages
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that a schedule be made to allow both
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parents the maximum amount of time that
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almost sounds like you start out with an
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idea that 5050 would be best and then
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you determine if all the factors will
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allow it but I can’t say That’s the Law
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that’s just Dan Taylor’s approach to it

Nashville, TN family law attorney Daniel Loyd Taylor talks about whether or not Tennessee is a 50/50 custody state.

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