What Tennessee Parents with Disabled Children Should Know About Child Support and Social Security
There are a few particulars that Oakland, Tennessee, parents with disabled children should know about the availability of child support and additional Social Security benefits. Court-Ordered Child Support for Disabled Minors At the local level, a parent who is separated or divorced can seek child support for a disabled minor in an amount representing a […]
Read More»TN Father Not Paying Support Not Criminal Contempt Due to Sarcoidosis
Tennessee law case summary on criminal contempt in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. State ex rel. Tonya Dotson v. Donald Howard – Tennessee divorce child support enforcement. The State of Tennessee brought a petition to have the father, Donald Howard, held in criminal contempt for failure to pay child support. He had been […]
Read More»TN Dad Found Voluntarily Underemployed Because He Could Sit and Work
Tennessee child support law case law summary on lowering child support and collection from the Court of Appeals. State of Tennessee, ex rel, Samelba P. Lewis (Robinson) vs. T.J. Robinson, III – Collecting and lowering child support A 1995 divorce decree ended the marriage between the Father, T.J. Robinson, III, and the Mother, Samelba P. Lewis (Robinson). It […]
Read More»Attorney’s Conflict of Interest Causes TN Paternity Case Train Wreck
- At October 17, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Support, Home
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Tennessee child support law case law summary on conflict of interest from the Court of Appeals. In re M.J.H. – Tennessee divorce conflict of interest The Tennessee Court of Appeals described this paternity case as a procedural train wreck that should have never left the station. The mother and father were not married at the time the […]
Read More»Tennessee Dad Denied Lower Child Support Amount as 1 Child Turned 18
Tennessee child support law case law summary on lowering child support from the Court of Appeals. DOUGLAS EDWARD CORDER v. VALERIE JEAN CORDER – Lowering Child Support Failed The parties in this case are Douglas Edward Corder (“Father”) and Valerie Jean Corder (“Mother”). The parties have two children and were divorced in 1998. A child support order was entered in […]
Read More»TN Dad and Dr. Claims Lower Child Support Due to Income Drop of $500K
Tennessee child support law case law summary on lowering child support from the Court of Appeals. LOUIS ERNEST CUNNINGHAM v. CHERYL LYNNE CHEATHAM CUNNINGHAM – Lowering Tennessee Child Support The parties in this case are Cheryl Lynne Cheatham (“Mother”) and Louis Ernest Cunningham (“Father”). The parties were married for 5 years and separated for 4 years. The parties have one child. At […]
Read More»TN Dad’s Disability Payments Not Lower Than Prior Child Support Income
Tennessee child support law case law summary on lowering child support from the Court of Appeals. JENNIFER (PITTS) BRADFORD, v. DAVID WILSON PITTS – Lowering child support in TN due to disability The parties in this case are Jennifer Pitts Bradford (“Mother”) and David Wison Pitts (“Father”). The parties were divorced in August 2004 and at the […]
Read More»Reaching Beyond Income Caps on Tennessee Child Support
Maximum child support and whether the residential parent can reach beyond net income caps for more money is a frequent issue for Tennessee parents. For Purposes of Child Support Calculations, Let’s Assume… Although there are many factors to consider when calculating child support, including credits and deductions, let’s assume that the alternate residential parent (ARP) […]
Read More»TN Dad Wants Lower Child Support, Mom Wants Increase, Neither Wins
Tennessee child support law case law summary on changing child support amount due from the Court of Appeals. MARILYN S. BOYD v. THOMAS H. BATES, JR. – TN Child Support Modification Law The parties in this case are Marilyn S. Boyd (“Mother”) and Thomas H. Bates (“Father”). Mother and Father were divorced in March 1991 and during the marriage the […]
Read More»Tenn. Father Not in Contempt for Not Providing Income for College Aid
Tennessee child support law case law summary on modification and college costs from the Court of Appeals. Douglas Edward Corder vs. Valerie Jean Corder – Tennessee child support may be lowered The Parents had two children in common, for whom the Father was responsible to pay child support from the time the Parties divorced in 1998. The Father’s […]
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