How Do I Increase My Tennessee Child Support? Part 2
This is the second installment in our two-part series about increasing Tennessee child support for your family. In Part 1, we talked about the legal requirement of “significant variance” for child support modifications. In this Part 2, we will discuss 10 Steps to Modifying TN Child Support. Remember that either parent may ask the court […]
Read More»Adult Child Can Sue Biological TN Dad for Retroactive Child Support
Tennessee child support law case law summary on child support collection from the Court of Appeals. [See, Back Child Support Can Be Limited to 5 Yrs: New Law in 2017] Jordan Ashton Danelz v. John Gayden, M.D. This was the third appeal in a case of a Tennessee adult who brought an action against his biological father […]
Read More»Child Support Ordered After Age 18 for Severely Disabled Tenn. Son
- At July 12, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Support, Home
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Tennessee child support law case law summary on child support for an adult child from the Court of Appeals. Beverly Lynn Durham (Hess) Cook v. James Preston Hess, III – Tennessee Child Support The husband and wife were divorced in 1991. The 1991 marital termination agreement and decree called upon the husband to pay child support in […]
Read More»TN Probate Judge Can’t Consult Old Divorce File for Child Support Owed
Tennessee child support law case law summary on collection and enforcement from the Court of Appeals. In Re Estate of James Edgar Miller – Tennessee divorce collection of child support. Norma Jean Wallace and James Edgar Miller were divorced in 1975. The wife was awarded custody of the couple’s daughter, and the husband was ordered to pay […]
Read More»How Do I Increase My Tennessee Child Support? Part 1
How Do I Increase My Tennessee Child Support? What a great question! As with other states, Tennessee has procedures that allow either parent to request modification of a child support order. T.C.A. § 36-5-101. In this two-part series on how to increase Tennessee child support, we will discuss how: Modification Requires Proof of “Significant Variance”; […]
Read More»Unemployment Wasn’t Voluntary So Child Support Lowered for Tenn. Dad
Tennessee child support law case law summary on child support modification from the Court of Appeals. John Algernon Guthrie v. Karan Tracy Guthrie – Tennessee voluntary unemployment for child support change The husband and wife were married in 1986. The husband was an occupational therapist, and the wife was a computer programmer. They had two children before […]
Read More»TN Dad’s Income Down from $700K to $350K May Get Lowered Child Support
- At June 25, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Support, Home, Income Determination
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Tennessee child support law case law summary on income determination from the Court of Appeals. THOMAS JAMES MILAM, JR. v. DONNA LISA VINSON MILAM – Tennessee Child Support Obligation – All Sources of Income Donna Lisa Vinson Milam, the mother and Thomas James Milam, Jr., the father, had two minor children when they divorced in […]
Read More»Tennessee Court Holds Stepfather Responsible for Child Support
- At June 16, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Support, Home
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Tennessee child support law determining who owes support in Tennessee family law from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Charles Robert Braun, Jr. v. Nita Lynn Braun – Tennessee child support obligation laws Nita Lynn Braun, the mother, and Paul I. McFayden, the father, had a child (“the child”) together in August 2000. They separated and the father […]
Read More»Tennessee Father to Pay Only Additional $150 /Mo. in School Expenses
- At June 15, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Support, Home
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Tennessee child support law case summary on school expenses from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Martha Elaine Weaver Carter v. David Ray Carter – School expenses as child support add on This Tennessee case involves a mother requesting an upward modification of child support paid by the father. The mother, Martha Elaine Weaver Carter, and David Ray […]
Read More»Second Wife Testified Tenn Dad Lied About Income Setting Child Support
Tennessee child support law case law summary on retroactive child support based on fraud from the Court of Appeals. In The Matter Of: Christopher A. D. – Tennessee Child Support and Income Determination This case involves an appeal on the retroactive modification of child support paid by the father to the mother. Christopher Dorris, the father, […]
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