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 Parents Ordered to Split Tax Exemtion for Child
- At May 30, 2016
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case summary on tax exemptions and dependency exemptions in divorce. William Stephanson McCloud, II, v. Kimberly Denise McCloud The husband and wife in this Tennessee case were married in 2005 and had one daughter. The husband was a teacher, and the wife worked as a sales representative. The husband filed for divorce in […]
Read More»TN Alimony and Child Support Can’t Be Combined If Result Is a Cap on Alimony
- At May 25, 2016
- By Miles Mason
- In Alimony, Child Support
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Tennessee alimony divorce case summary after 36 years married. Robert Howard Lubell v. Deborah Jo Lubell The husband and wife in this Tennessee divorce case were married in 1976 and divorced in 1988. Shortly after the 1988 divorce, they began cohabitating, and remarried in 1991. In 2012, they both filed for divorce a second time. At […]
Read More»TN Non-Custodial Dad Not Entitled to Tax Exemption for Kids
- At May 04, 2016
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case summary on tax exemption for children. Charlotte D. Culpepper v. Brandon K. Culpepper The husband and wife in this Tennessee divorce case were married in 1999 and had two children, who were ages eleven and seven at the time of their 2012 divorce. The mother was named the primary residential parent and […]
Read More»TN Dad’s Alimony and Child Support Modified After Loss of Job
Tennessee alimony and child support case summary. Tracy Melinda Cook v. Tracy Dean Iverson The mother and father in this Tennessee case were divorced in 2012. Later that year, the father lost his high-paying sales job and made a petition to modify his alimony and child support obligations. The trial court agreed that there had […]
Read More»TN Dad Doesn’t Get Judgment Against Mother For Voluntary Overpayments of Child Support
- At April 11, 2016
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Support
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Tennessee child support case summary. In re Andrea R. This was the second appeal of this child support case to the Tennessee Court of Appeals. In a 2012 decision, the appeals court sent the case back to the trial court in order to make findings of fact as to whether private schooling was appropriate under […]
Read More»TN Mom Waited Too Long To Reopen Child Support Case With Allegations of Fraud
- At April 06, 2016
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support case summary on child support and fraud in divorce and family law. Heather Russell Wilder v. Joseph Chamblee Wilder The mother and father in this Tennessee case were divorced in 2010. The trial court had set the father’s child support obligation at $1,014 per month, which was subsequently increased to $1,419 per month. […]
Read More»Is Child Support Based on Actual Parenting Time Exercised or the Parenting Time Listed in the Permanent Parenting Plan?
In Tennessee family law, when a parent asks the court to modify child support orders, parenting time is a very important variable that must be factored in along with gross income, daycare costs, and health insurance for the child, among other things. Indeed, parenting time is a key ingredient in the process of calculating child […]
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 Not Liable for Retroactive Child Support Before Modification Request Made
Tennessee child support modification case summary. State of Tennessee Ex Rel. Lisa Holt v. Jeremy B. Holt [See, Back Child Support Can Be Limited to 5 Yrs: New Law in 2017] The mother and father in this Tennessee child support case were married in 1997 and had two children. Their 2005 divorce decree included a […]
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