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, […]
Read More»TN Father’s IRA Account May Not be Garnished to Cover Attorney’s Fees
Tennessee child support law case law summary on child support collection from the Court of Appeals. Patricia Ann Gho Massey v. Gregory Joel Casals – Tennessee child support collection of attorney’s fees case The mother, Patricia Ann Gho Massey, and the father, Gregory Joel Cassals, had a child together in 1994. In July 2008, the juvenile court […]
Read More»Is Tennessee Equal Parenting Time Really a 50/50 Deal?
- At June 05, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Custody, Child Support
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Predicting Tennessee child support obligations when the mother and father share equal parenting time can be a little tricky. For the sake of comparison, in some other states the unadjusted amount of child support a parent will pay is dependent upon how many days that parent has the child over the course of the year. […]
Read More»Mom Lost Claim for Retroactive Tennessee Child Support Because Claim Too Old
- At May 24, 2013
- By Miles Mason
- In Child Support Collection
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Tennessee child support law on statute of limitations in Tennessee family law from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. [See, Back Child Support Can Be Limited to 5 Yrs: New Law in 2017] Anna Ruth Collins (Eisenberg) v. The Estate Of Harvey L. Collins – Child Support and the Statute of Limitations Anna Ruth Collins, the mother, and […]
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 […]
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