The Pennington Law Firm PLLC

08/28/2026

Most attorneys shy away from child support and how to navigate court, incomes, and Facebook posts as evidence. In this podcast I discuss all these issues without reservation. I talk about how to use social media to your benefit, how to help your attorney prove your case and just practical tips for any case.
Whether you are a mom or dad, everything I say applies to you! Watch, like, share and follow.

Your ex swears they are broke in child support court, then posts th...

08/28/2026

Estate planning isn't about age; it's about preparation.

Whether you've recently gotten married, welcomed a child, purchased a home, or started building your future, having a plan in place can help protect the people who matter most.

Creating or updating your estate plan today can provide clarity and peace of mind for tomorrow.

📞 Have questions about estate planning?
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08/27/2026

In the last few weeks I have gained over 1500 new followers- which is nuts!!

Facebook has started to allow me to recognize new followers! If you are tagged below, welcome aboard!

Please keep watching and commenting! I am honored you would follow my pages among the many out there!

I plan to start recognizing new people!

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08/27/2026

I hate change. I am caught between what I thought my life would look like and what it could become. What we think our lives will be and what they become are often two very different things. How do you face change?

08/26/2026

One of the most common misconceptions about child custody is that joint custody automatically means each parent has the child exactly half the time.

In reality, custody arrangements are based on the needs of the child and the unique circumstances of each family. Parenting schedules can vary while still supporting shared parental involvement.

Understanding the terminology can help make the process feel a little less overwhelming.

📞 Have questions about child custody?
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08/26/2026

The world lost Dolly.
Appalachia lost its mama.
Dolly left a legacy we must live up to.
She proved anyone can do anything.

Dolly Parton was more than famous where I come from. She was part of the fabric of this place. She was proudly Appalachian. She came from very little. She sounded like home. And she never acted like where she came from was something she needed to outgrow. I think that is why so many people here love...

08/26/2026

The world lost Dolly.
Appalachia lost its mama. She was our icon. She showed us that anything is possible even if you come from these mountains. I hope to teach my daughter to be like Dolly. Love people. Be yourself. Wear the sparkle. Love Jesus. Substack

08/25/2026

Courtrooms require masks.
Masks provide the appearance of composure.
Every mask has its place and time. What is your mask?
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08/24/2026

Every courtroom requires a mask.

Today I told a client to put her mask on as we walked into court.

We walked through the door and we both wore our respective masks.

We won.

We left gracefully and found a room where we both could drop our masks and be real.

Our masks protect us.

But we cannot stay behind the mask.

The important lesson is knowing when you need it and learning to drop it once its purpose is completed.

Do you know when you can drop yours?

For more details on court today see the post below on Substack.

Let’s talk about where real court experience intersects with the human perspective.

Today I told a client to put her mask on. Not a literal one. The courtroom one. The one where your face cannot react even when every part of you wants to. She was about to be cross-examined. She was going to hear things she did not agree with. Things that would make her angry. Things that would hurt...

08/23/2026

I keep thinking about the things people have decided about me from social media.

I’ve been called a Democrat.

A Republican.

Fat.

A bigot.

And probably a few other things people were polite enough not to type where I could see them.

Here’s what’s interesting: I haven’t actually posted about most of those things.

I haven’t told you how I vote.

I haven’t tried to convince you I’m beautiful.

Half the time lately I’m showing up without makeup, sitting in my car, running between court, kids, meetings and whatever else life has decided to throw at me that day.

And yet people decide.

They decide who I am.

What I believe.

What kind of mother I am.

What kind of lawyer I am.

Whether I’m successful.

Whether I’m failing.

Whether I’m too much.

Whether I’m not enough.

All from a post.

And I think that says a whole lot more about social media than it does about me.

Because somewhere along the way, we stopped being curious about people.

We started categorizing them.

One sentence.

One photograph.

One opinion.

One bad day.

One good day.

That becomes the whole person.

But human beings don’t work like that.

I can be confident and insecure.

Successful and exhausted.

Grateful and still want something different.

A mother who loves her children desperately and still needs a life that belongs to her.

A lawyer who is proud of what she built and also willing to admit she may not want to spend the rest of her life doing exactly what she’s doing now.

Those things can exist at the same time.

That is the part of myself I’m trying harder to show.

Not the polished version.

Not the version that fits neatly into whatever box someone wants to put me in.

Just me.

And maybe that’s why some of this makes people uncomfortable.

Because once somebody stops performing the version of themselves everyone expects, people don’t always know what to do with them.

I’m learning to be okay with that.

You can label me.

You can misunderstand me.

You can decide you know exactly who I am from sixty seconds on your phone.

But I don’t have to wear the label.

That may be one of the biggest things I’m learning in this season of my life:

Sometimes dropping the mask also means putting down everybody else’s version of you.

And asking a much harder question:

Who am I when I stop letting the internet answer that for me?

I want explore this and more. Let’s have a conversation before you judge me.

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For two decades as a family law attorney, I've held people on their worst days and managed the chaos in my own. Building a firm, raising three kids, and right in the middle of personal transformation. Not polished. Not finished. Just real.