Legal Analysis and Commentary
This article by Petula Dvorak in The Washington Post is interesting. The Child-Free Life: Why so Many American Women Are Deciding Not to Have Kids Oh, come on, millennial women. Just look at us. Frantic and apologizing, overwhelmed between staff meetings and gymnastics, shamed for bottle-feeding, booted for breastfeeding, passed over for promotions, denied on the […]
Read MoreWhat does it take to be voluntarily underemployed for child-support purposes in Tennessee?
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Read MoreDoes child support automatically change when a child becomes an adult?
Read MoreIs a child-support payment voluntary when a court order directs that your employer take it from your paycheck?
Read MoreCan other courts act when a dependency and neglect action is pending in Tennessee?
Read MoreHow is voluntary underemployment determined in a Tennessee child-support case?
Read MoreWhen is the failure to visit one’s child not willful?
Read MoreIn this episode of the podcast, K.O. Herston answers questions sent in by listeners.
Read MoreWe are a nation of deadbeat parents. How bad is it?
Read MoreWhat is required to include private-school tuition in child support in Tennessee?
Read MoreDon’t want to pay child support in Tennessee? Retire early.
Read MoreSometimes when you lose, it’s best not to appeal. This case illustrates the point.
Read MoreFacts: When Mother and Father divorced in 2009, Mother was designated the primary residential parent for their child, and Father was awarded 109 days of parenting time. Father’s child-support obligation was determined to be $220 a month. In 2016, Mother petitioned to modify the parenting plan to reduce Father’s parenting time and increase his child-support […]
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Facts: Mother and Father are the divorced parents of two daughters. Their parenting plan provides for joint decision-making authority and says: The parties shall each pay one-half (50%) of all private school tuition, school supplies, fees, extracurricular expenses, school trips, sports activities, graduation expenses, and any and all other school or extracurricular expenses incurred on […]
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