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»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»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 […]
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»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»Alimony Not Included in Income for Tennessee Child Support
Tennessee child support case law summary on income determination from the Court of Appeals. Jamia Rentz v. Michael Rentz – Tennessee child support income determination The mother and father of three children were divorced in Tennessee in 2011. At the time of the divorce, the father was ordered to pay alimony and child support but […]
Read More»TN Dad’s Child Support Increased for Autistic Son
Tennessee child support law case law summary on autistic child special needs from the Court of Appeals. Karen Elizabeth Touchton v. Paul Jerome Touchton – Tennessee divorce child support modification, special needs child. Paul and Karen Touchton were married in 1994 and had one son, who was born in 1998. In 2002, they were divorced […]
Read More»TN Dad’s Farm Income Can Be Averaged to Compute Child Support
Tennessee child support law case law summary on income averaging and income determination from the Court of Appeals. State of Tennessee ex rel. Dawn Moss v. William Moss – Tennessee income averaging for child support income determination Dawn and William Moss had three children when they were divorced in 2008, two sons born in 1993 […]
Read More»TN Dad Must Pay Child Support After Lost Job from Criminal Act
Tennessee child support law case law summary on imputed income and unemployment from the Court of Appeals. Kimberly Meeks v. Bryant Leo Meeks – Tennessee divorce child support modification. Kimberly and Bryant Meeks were married and divorced when they remarried in 2010. In 2011, however, they were divorced a second time in Montgomery County, Tennessee. […]
Read More»Home-schooling TN Mom Held Voluntarily Unemployed
Tennessee child support law case law summary on voluntary unemployment from the Court of Appeals. Carl Scott Blankenship v. Amy Lynn Cox – Tennessee voluntary unemployment for child support Amy Cox and Carl Blankenship were divorced in 2000, and the mother was granted custody of the four children. They returned to court many times as […]
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