Child Custody
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At ZubaidaLaw, we help parents navigate child custody, parenting plans, visitation rights, custody modifications, and relocation disputes. Tennessee courts decide custody based solely on the best interest of the child – not the parent’s preferences. We provide aggressive, compassionate representation to protect your relationship with your child.
Types of Custody We Handle:
Legal Custody: Right to make major decisions about education, healthcare, and religion
Physical Custody: Where the child resides and parenting time schedules
Sole or Joint Custody: Full custody or shared decision-making/parenting time
Parenting Plans: Court-ordered schedules for weekdays, holidays, summers, and special occasions
Modifications & Enforcement: Changing existing orders or enforcing violations
What We Handle at ZubaidaLaw:
Our legal advocates manage every aspect of your custody case: filing court documents, drafting parenting plans, gathering evidence of parental fitness, representing you in mediation and court hearings, handling relocation requests, and enforcing or modifying existing orders. We also notarize all affidavits and parenting agreements.
Call us at 865-382-2900 for a confidential consultation.
Legal custody is the right to make major decisions (education, healthcare, religion). Physical custody is where the child lives.
No. Custody is decided solely on the best interest of the child – gender is not a factor.
A court-ordered document outlining residential time, holidays, summers, and decision-making authority.
Based on the best interest of the child – including stability, emotional ties, parental fitness, and history of domestic violence.
Yes, but only in limited circumstances (parent deceased, unfit, or child lived with grandparent for significant period).
Yes, if there is a material change in circumstances (relocation, job loss, abuse, neglect, or changed needs).
The relocating parent must provide notice. The court decides if relocation is in the child's best interest.
No specific age. The court may consider a mature child's preference as one factor among many.
File a petition for enforcement. The court may order make-up time, attorney's fees, or contempt.
Yes. We notarize sworn affidavits, parenting plans, visitation agreements, and all court filings.
