Over the past 19 years, we have helped more families in Nashville than any other law firm. Our child support attorneys are empathetic and caring, and understand the economics and factors that are used to calculate child support based on the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines. The best child support attorney will look at the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines to calculate the proper amount of child support. Choose a good child support lawyer with experience in child support law. Our lawyers are committed to calculating fair and equitable child support payments.
The purpose of child support is to utilize the resourses of both parents to adequately pay for the needs of a child. The Tennessee Child Support Guidelines were developed as a standardized system of equitably, or fairly, paying for the support of a child. The basis of the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines is an income shares model; both incomes of the parents, the cost of work related daycare and the cost of health insurance coverage are used to calculate the Basic Support Obligation. Once the Basic Support Obligation is calculated, each parent's support of a child is calculated based on his or her percentage income. Sound confusing? It is confusing, and child support attorneys must know the guidelines well to arrive at the correct child support obligation.
Factors judges consider in arriving at child support are the following:
The number of days the child spends with each parent Each parent's gross monthly income Work-related daycare/child care costs Health insurance coverage costs, including extraordinary non-covered expenses Educational costs and expenses Other minor children of the father and mother
Child support must be paid until the minor child reaches the age of eighteen (18) or graduates with his or her graduating class. In some cases, where a child is physically or mentally challenged, child support continues into adulthood. As the child gets older, the income and/or expenses of the parent's change, or the child spends more or less time with each parent, the child support amount can be recalculated, or modified. If the income of one of the parents, or the amount of child support, varies by fifteen percent (15%) or more, then the Court must modify the amount of child support in accordance with Tennessee Child Support Guidelines.
The Court enters an order requiring one parent to pay child support. Failure to pay child support will result in a Petition for Contempt being filed against the non-paying parent. The judge can incarcerate a person for failing to timely pay child support. Presently, the non-paying parent can receive a jail sentence of ten (10) days for each and every payment that is not made timely.
Our child support attorneys handle cases where child support is initially set, as well as child support cases where the amount of support previously set by the court is modified. Additionally, we represent parents who are seeking to enforce child support orders and parents who are defending contempt petitions filed against them. Turner Law Offices, P.C. is proud to hire and to retain client-oriented attorneys that are highly educated and trained to assure total client confidence and satisfaction. By viewing each client matter as unique, the Firm provides personalized legal representation in a variety of practice areas. Our commitment is to provide the highest quality legal representation at the lowest costs. We understand and the apprehension and uncertainty that exists when speaking with an attorney, and we strive to relieve that discomfort when someone retains our Firm. Our clients enjoy a team of well-trained legal professionals including attorneys, paralegals, and legal secretaries that work together utilizing the team approach to achieve our commitments to our clients.
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