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»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»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, […]
Read More»Tennessee Mom Wins Custody after Equal Time Fails
Tennessee law case summary on parenting time and custody in divorce and family law from the Court of Appeals. Bridget Michelle Agee v. Jason Forest Agee – Child Support Modification The mother, Bridget Gentry, and the father, Jason Agee, were divorced in May, 2009. Both the mother and the father were primary residential parents for their 8-year-old […]
Read More»Tennessee Dad Should Have Relocated to Meet Child Support Obligation
Tennessee child support law on willful underemployment and income determination case summary from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Diane Slawson Watters v. William C. Watters – Father Determined to Be Willfully Underemployed Following over fourteen years of marriage, the mother, Diane Slawson Watters, and the father, William C. Watters, divorced in 1995. The mother was 47, the […]
Read More»Bankruptcy Won’t Stop Child Support or Alimony After Bartlett TN Divorce
Your Bartlett, TN, divorce was just finalized, the property was equitably distributed, alimony was awarded, and child support ordered. Everything “financial” is going great until you receive notice that your former spouse has filed for bankruptcy. OMG… My Ex Is Bankrupt! There are a few basic bankruptcy principles worth knowing. One is how our U.S. […]
Read More»Imputed Income Permitted in Tenn. Only for Those Willfully Unemployed
Tennessee child support law on willful underemployment in Tennessee family law from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Teresa Ann Barrett Goodman v. Jeffery Wayne Goodman – Tennessee father not found willfully underemployed for child support income determination. This case involves a couple that divorced in 2008, after 15 years of marriage. The mother, Teresa Ann Barrett Goodman […]
Read More»Deadbeat Dad Pays Child Support with $338M Lottery Jackpot
After winning the $338 Million Powerball Jackpot, one former deadbeat dad has completely cured his child support arrears. This Dad’s Just Plain Lucky On March 23, New Jersey resident and Powerball winner Pedro Quezada became one of the luckiest dads in the nation. The 44-year-old father of five purchased the sole winning lottery ticket and, […]
Read More»How to Lower Tennessee Child Support Payments
When circumstances change, it may result in needing to lower Tennessee child support payments. The Tennessee Department of Human Services (Child Support Service Division) is the agency that oversees decreases in child support, and a Memphis child support lawyer can help with the process and answer any questions regarding how to decrease child support payments. […]
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