Fringe Benefits as Income Under TN Child Support Guidelines
Are fringe benefits included in gross income under Tennessee’s child support guidelines? Could you pay more child support now because you drive a company car? Yes, to both questions. And the answer is the same for most child support jurisdictions, not just in Tennessee. When parents pull out the child support worksheets and start calculating […]
Read More»Swim Instructor Mom Found Voluntarily Underemployed
- At August 08, 2016
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case summary on voluntary and intentional underemployment. Elizabeth Mesmer Cocke v. Thomas Lawrence Hunt Cocke The father and mother in this Tennessee case were married in 1993 and had two minor children. At the time of their 2012 divorce, the mother was named the primary residential parent with parenting time split evenly. […]
Read More»TN Mom’s Child Support Computed Based on Actual Tax Deductions
- At July 11, 2016
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case summary on income determination. Kyle Kernan v. Beverly J. Kernan Nabors, et al. The mother and father in this Tennessee case were divorced in 1998, and the mother was awarded custody. The father was ordered to pay child support, but he rarely met the obligation. In 2008, the mother was hospitalized […]
Read More»TN Mom Not Voluntarily Underemployed When She Quits Job to Avoid Long Commute
Tennessee child support case summary on voluntary underemployment and modification. State ex rel. Maria Brown v. Andrew Brown The mother and father in this Tennessee case were divorce in 2008 and had one child, who was three years old. The permanent parenting plan granted equal parenting time to both parents, and set the father’s child […]
Read More»Tennessee Mom Not Entitled To Childcare Expenses Disproportionate to Her Income
Tennessee child support case summary. In Re Grace N. – Tennessee child support income determination The mother and father in this Tennessee parentage case met online in 2009, while the father was living in France. In 2009, he returned to Nashville to live near the mother. The mother and father lived together for a while, […]
Read More»TN Dad’s Income Based on Actual Deposits, Not Tax Returns
Tennessee child support case summary on modifying child support and income determination. Heather Walker Sellers v. Billy Joe Walker The mother and father in this Tennessee case were divorced in 2007 and had two children, ages four and two. They agreed to a permanent parenting plan which called for the father to pay $800 per month […]
Read More»Mom Sells Avon, Not Voluntarily Unemployed, and Has Her Income Set at $300/month for Tennessee Child Support
- At August 24, 2015
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case law summary on income determination and voluntary unemployment from the Court of Appeals. In re Jaiden W. – Tennessee divorce child support income determination Jaiden W. was born in 2006, and before his tenth birthday, he had been the subject of three appeals to the Tennessee Court of Appeals. In the […]
Read More»Husband’s Bowling Prize Winnings Imputed for Support in Tennessee Divorce
- At August 19, 2015
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case law summary on imputed income from the Court of Appeals. Jessica Catherine Hayes v. Douglas Aaron Hayes – imputed income Tennessee divorce The husband and wife in this Tennessee divorce case were married in 2006 and had two minor children, both of whom attended private school. In 2012, the mother filed […]
Read More»Actual Income Not Always Used in Tennssee Child Support Cases
Tennessee child support case law summary on imputed income from the Court of Appeals. Barbara Lynn Horine v. James Alan Horine – Tennessee child support, imputed income Barbara and James Horine were married in 1969 and had two children, both of whom were adults at the time of their 2011 divorce in Cumberland County, Tennessee. […]
Read More»Tennessee Mom With Insurance License Has Income Imputed
- At March 25, 2015
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case law summary on mother’s imputed income from the Court of Appeals. Chris Eric Strickland v. Pennye Danielle Strickland – Tennessee child support imputed income This Tennessee divorce case came before the Tennessee Court of Appeals twice. In the first appeal, the appeals court had remanded the case after making a decision […]
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