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Tennessee is not a true ?no fault? state, except that it allows for a divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences if the spouses agree on all the terms of a divorce and sign a marital dissolution agreement (and parenting plan if there are minor children).

If you can't afford to pay the fees now, you can file a Request to Postpone Filing Fees and Order. If the court grants your request, you won't have to pay any court costs during your divorce.

Tennessee also recognizes transmutation as a method in which separate property becomes marital. ing to the Tennessee Supreme Court transmutation occurs when ?separate property is treated in such a way as to give evidence of an intention that it becomes marital.?

Since California is a community property state, the law presumes that anything acquired during marriage needs to be equally divided. Legally speaking, there is nothing wrong with having a separate bank account. You aren't required to keep joint accounts or file joint tax returns.

For purposes of this subdivision (c)(5), dissipation of assets means wasteful expenditures which reduce the marital property available for equitable distributions and which are made for a purpose contrary to the marriage either before or after a complaint for divorce or legal separation has been filed.

In Tennessee, anything acquired during marriage by either partner, is considered marital property. This refers to more than just your paycheck, but also includes real property, businesses, investments, credit cards, loans?essentially any kind of increase or decrease to your family unit.