Husband Agreed To Pay Child Support For Another’s Man’s Child Must Pay
Tennessee child support law case law summary on modification requirements from the Court of Appeals. Frances Rodriguez vs. Charles G. Price – Tennessee child support modification limitations A 1998 divorce in Florida terminated the marriage of the Parties, namely, Charles G. Price (“the Father”) and Frances Rodriguez (“the Mother”). At the time the Tennessee child support modification […]
Read More»Tenn. Child Support Award Enforced Despite Father’s Inability to Work
- At July 26, 2013
- By Miles Mason
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Tennessee child support law case law summary on child support collection from the Court of Appeals. State of Tennessee ex rel. Ronda M. Letner v. Raymond T. Carriger – Tennessee child support arrearages This case raises the question of whether child support arrearages may be cancelled retroactively in a case in which the father was determined to be mental […]
Read More»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 […]
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