Back Child Support Can Be Limited to 5 Yrs: New Law in 2017
As of 2017, Tennessee child support law can limit retroactive child support to a five-year period counting backwards from date of the filed request. Back child support statute of limitations in Tennessee. Key changes were recently made to Tennessee’s retroactive child support law. Public Chapter 419 is one of several acts concerning domestic relations matters […]
Read More»Arrears Interest on Back Child Support Lowered: New Tennessee Law in 2017
The General Assembly amended Tennessee family law to change what interest may accrue on child support arrears and under what circumstances. This significant departure from prior law will benefit many. Parents dealing with situations involving delinquent child support need to be cognizant of these changes. The effective date of Public Chapter 145 is April 17, […]
Read More»Mom Gets New Day In Court After 400 Day Sentence for Non-Support
Tennessee child support collection case summary in family law. Lisa E. Burris v. James Morton Burris The mother and father in this Rutherford County, Tennessee, case were divorced in 2008. The father was named the primary residential parent of the three children, and the mother was granted parenting time every other weekend. The mother was […]
Read More»Dad Not Liable for Attorney’s Fees in Criminal Contempt Case
Tennessee child support case summary on enforcement and attorney’s fees. Joyce Bradley Watts v. Colin Wade Watts The mother and father in this Tennessee case were divorced in 2009, and the mother was named the primary residential parent of their minor children. The father was ordered to pay $629 per month in child support, as […]
Read More»TN Dad With 71 Cents Can’t Be Jailed For Failing to Pay $150 Child Support
Tennessee child support collection case summary. State of Tennessee ex rel. Judy Johnson v. Harold Newman, Jr. The State of Tennessee brought this child support collection action against the father in Roane County, Tennessee. The father had been ordered to pay $264 per month in current child support, as well as $109.50 to cover arrearages, […]
Read More»Dad Liable for Kids Medical Bills from EOB
Tennessee child support case summary on liability for medical expenses not covered by insurance. Elizabeth Eberbach v. Christopher Eberbach The mother and father in this Tennessee divorce case had a long history of litigation of various disputes that arose between them. The most recent was the mother’s motion for a judgment against the father for unrecovered […]
Read More»Tennessee Dad Liable For Child Support During Time Spent in Prison
Tennessee child support case summary on back support. State of Tennessee ex rel. Inger Brown v. Larry W. Shipe, Jr. The State of Tennessee brought this child support action in 2014 to set the father’s child support obligation. The trial court set the father’s obligation at $299 per month, retroactively to 2007. However, the trial court […]
Read More»TN Dad’s Child Support Credited for Providing Necessaries, But Only Back Six Years
Tennessee child support collection case summary. Dawn Noles Martin (Gorham), et al., v. Matthew Kendall Martin, et al. The mother and father in this Tennessee divorce case were divorced in Carroll County in 2000. At the time of the divorce, they had a son who was four and a daughter who was two. At the […]
Read More»Tennessee Father’s Interest in Trust Held Not Fraudulent Transfer
Tennessee child support collection case summary. Melissa L. Taylor v. James T. George, II The husband and wife in this Tennessee case were divorced in South Carolina in 2002. They had two children, both of whom were adults by the time of the Tennessee litigation. As a part of the South Carolina case, the husband […]
Read More»Tennessee Court Can Enforce Child Support Even If a Custody Action is Pending in Nevada
Tennessee law case summary on child support enforcement jurisdiction in family law from the Court of Appeals. Barbara Jean Blake v. Russell Alan Blake – Tennessee child support enforcement jurisdiction The husband and wife in this Tennessee divorce case had two children and were divorced in 2006. The mother was named the primary residential parent. In […]
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