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If you are having an issue with child support, you need a child support attorney with over 20 years of experience handling Nashville child support cases. Turner Law Offices, P.C. has vast experience with the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines and Tennessee Income Shares Worksheet. Our lawyers understand that our clients can experience financial difficulty caused by improper calculation of child support, and we handle child support matters with speed and efficiency to get the child support matter resolved quickly and correctly.

Tennessee law requires filling out an Income Shares worksheet. and child support is set in accordance with the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines .   Nashville child support lawyers utilize the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines to make sure that the amount of child support apportioned to each parent is fair and equitable. The income shares model takes into account the following factors:

• The number of days the child is with each parent
• Each parent’s gross income
• Cost of work-related daycare
• Cost of health insurance

Once Base Child Support Amount is calculated, credits are given for other children in the house and other children for whom child support is paid.

In compliance with the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines and Nashville child support law, parents have a financial obligation to support their child until the child turns 18 or until the child graduates with their class.  The Tennessee Child Support Guidelines, in the case of a Nashville child support law matter that involves a child who has a mental illness or disability, requires that the parents will need to continue to be responsible for their child even after they turn 18 years of age.

Failure to abide by a court ordered child support order will result in a contempt petition being filed against the non-paying party. Upon finding of willful contempt, the non-paying parent can be sentenced to jail for not complying with a Nashville child support law order to pay child support.

Child support may be modified by the court upon filing a petition to modify child support .  The court must find that the income of a parent varies by 15%, or that the amount of child support owed varies by 15%.  Tennessee law specifically states that there shall be no retroactive modification of child support; therefore, a parent seeking modification of child support must immediately file a petition for modification; otherwise, the amount of child support will remain the amount set forth in the last court order.

Turner Law Offices, P.C. handles child support law cases in Nashville and surrounding counties.  Our client oriented lawyers are empathetic and caring, and assure our clients involved in a Nashville child support law case.  Satisfaction, trust and confidence are of utmost importance when dealing with these emotional, financial situations.  Call our office today to set your in person Free Initial Consultation or request a Free Child Support Consultation Online to discuss your Nashville child support law case. Get started today on getting your whole family on the path to a better place and better understanding of what really needs to change.