Family Law Attorneys in Knoxville, Tennessee

When you’re facing a change in your marital status or family structure, maintaining a clear long-term perspective can be challenging. Alongside important legal deadlines and procedures, you’re also managing the emotional complexities that come with family-related decisions and disputes.

For more than 50 years, families across East Tennessee have relied on Wykoff & Sikes for effective and compassionate legal guidance. Family law matters are often deeply personal and legally complex, sometimes leading to lengthy court proceedings and drawn-out negotiations. Our attorneys focus on finding the most efficient and constructive paths toward resolution — helping you move forward with confidence and peace of mind.

At Wykoff & Sikes, we understand not only Tennessee’s family law statutes but also the courtroom dynamics throughout East Tennessee. When you choose our firm, you’ll work directly with seasoned attorneys who bring extensive trial experience and a deep understanding of local courts. We take the time to craft a personalized legal strategy designed to protect your rights and reflect your unique circumstances.

Results-Driven Representation for Family Law Concerns

We Can Help You with These Family Law Matters:

• Adoptions
• Alimony / Spousal Maintenance
• Allocation of Parental Responsibility
• Annulments / Invalidity of Marriage
• Asset Discovery
• Child Custody
• Child Support
• Child Visitation
• Contested Divorce
• Contesting Prenuptial Agreements
• Custody Evaluations
• Custody Issues for Non-Married Parents
• Divorce
• Divorce and Business Valuations
• DNA Paternity Testing
• Domestic Partnership Agreements
• Domestic Violence
• Enforcement of Orders
• Fathers’ Rights
• Forensic Accounting & Business Valuation
• Grandparents’ Rights
• Guardianships
• Legal Separation
• Modifications / Terminations
• Mothers’ Rights
• Name Change(s)
• Orders Of Protection
• Parental Relocation or Removal
• Parenting Plans
• Paternity / Parentage
• Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
• Pre-divorce Planning
• Property Division
• Relocation with a Child / Children
• Spousal Maintenance
• Stepparent Adoption
• Uncontested Divorce
• Visitation

Contact a Knoxville Family Law Attorney For Help

Our attorneys will provide you with an honest assessment of your options and explain all possible outcomes throughout the course of your case. We may only be your lawyers for a short period of time, but the decision you make may have significant repercussions for decades. There is a lot at stake with family law issues, so don’t make the mistake of trying to handle them on your own. Schedule a free initial telephone consultation with a skilled lawyer at Wykoff & Sikes, PLLC, to discuss your legal options.

Attorney at Law

Wayne Wykoff

Wayne focuses his practice in the areas of social security disability and domestic law (including divorce, child custody, child support). Wayne was admitted to the practice of law in 1993 and his practice continually in east Tennessee since that time achieving good and just result for his clients on a regular basis. Wayne enjoys mediating and is a rule 31 listed family mediator in Tennessee. Wayne can give you value as a mediator whether you are negotiating retirement accounts and other complex financial issues or dealing with the much more important issues of who will raise the children and under what circumstances.

Wayne graduated from East Tennessee State University in 1980 with a degree in computer science and graduated from the University Tennessee law school in December 1992. Wayne was admitted to the Tennessee bar in April 1993 and was admitted to the federal courts in the Eastern District of Tennessee in 1993 also.

Wayne was born and raised in Johnson City, but has called Knoxville his home for the last 25+ years. Wayne enjoys his family consisting of his wife and 2 boys and playing tennis and golf on a regular basis.