Are you looking for information on divorce law and procedure in Murfreesboro, located in Rutherford County, Tennessee?  This site contains information on Tennessee divorce law and local Rutherford County rules of court.  You will find information on Tennessee child support law, property division law, and Tennessee alimony and spousal support law.  You will also find information on recent divorce cases in the Tennessee courts. 

Murfreesboro is the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee.  Murfreesboro is located in the Sixteenth Judicial District, which means that the judges who hear cases in Murfreesboro also hear cases in Cannon County.  Besides Murfreesboro, Rutherford County is also home to Smyrna and La Vergne, as well as the smaller communities of Lascassas, Eagleville, Christiana, and Bell Buckle, Tennessee. 

The courthouse for Rutherford County is located on the square in Murfreesboro.  If you have a divorce case in Murfreesboro, you probably don’t need to go to the old courthouse in the middle of the square in Mufreesboro (although sometimes when other courtroom space is unavailable cases will be scheduled in the old courthouse).  Instead, you should go to the Judicial Building on the North side of the public square.  If you have a Rutherford County Juvenile Court matter, you should go to the new Juvenile Court facility on Church Street in Murfreesboro (about five minutes from the square). If you have a divorce matter in Murfreesboro but you don’t know where you should go, check with the Circuit and Chancery Clerk’s offices located on the second and third floors of the Judicial Building in Murfreesboro.

Most of the time, if you live in Rutherford County, you will file for divorce in Murfreesboro.  Tennessee civil law does permit waiver of venue, which means that you could file in a different county than when you live so long as Tennessee courts have jurisdiction over your divorce, if you and your spouse agree to do so. 

According to the Tennessee Department of Health, in 2007 there were 1,581 marriages in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and 1,210 divorces.  The marriage rate was lower than the Tennessee state average, and the divorce rate was higher than the Tennessee state average.  Similar statistics existed in 2006.  Marriage licenses in Murfreesboro are issued by the Rutherford County Clerk at 319 North Maple Street, Suite 121, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130.

Murfreesboro has been growing at five times the national average. La Vergne has also grown rapidly in recent years, while Smyrna has seen both a population increase and a recent influx of retail construction. As the home of Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro has an increasing transient student population. It will be interesting to see how the Murfreesboro and larger Rutherford County area’s growth affects divorce statistics for the region.