Earlier this year, I blogged about oral argument in a U.S. Supreme Court case, Turner v. Rogers, concerning whether an indigent party facing incarceration for…
Facts: Mother and Father had a child out of wedlock. Paternity was established, thereby requiring a determination of child support. The key issue was the…
Facts: Mother and Father divorced after a short marriage. Father was ordered to pay child support. The parenting plan also contained the following paramour clause:…
Facts: Wife and Husband were divorced, at which time Husband was ordered to pay child support. At the time of divorce, Wife’s income for child…
Facts: Mr. King executed a Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity shortly after birth of Child. Five years later, Mr. King was ordered to pay child support…
Facts: Just days before the parents were divorced in 2001, Mother was arrested for solicitation to commit first degree murder after she allegedly attempted to…
Facts: Mother and Father married in 1990, had two children, and divorced in 1992. Father was awarded custody and Mother was ordered to pay $50…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in a child support case. The issue? Whether an indigent party is entitled to a court-appointed attorney…
Facts: Parties divorced in 2006 after 24 years of marriage. Husband was ordered to pay child support, including a substantial upward deviation. Husband was also ordered…
Facts: A child was born to unmarried parents. Once paternity was established, Father–an attorney–was ordered to pay $235 per month for child support but “without a…
Facts: The parties were divorced in 1995. In 2001, Wife filed a petition to modify Husband’s child support obligation on the grounds of Husband’s increased…
Facts: Parents divorced in 2000 with a parenting plan providing for equal time with the children (alternating weeks) and no child support obligation for either…
A few recent decisions with very narrow holdings on procedural questions are worth noting. 1. Tuetken v. Tuetken: The Tennessee Supreme Court held that parents…
Facts: Upon divorce, Mother was named primary residential parent for Child. Several years later, Father filed petition to change custody. The trial court found Father…
Facts: Parties were married for 23 years and had two children. During the marriage, Wife was a homemaker while Husband owned a successful business. The…