Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

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If you are in Tennessee, whether he would owe any child support for the last four years would be a question left to a court -- judges could go either way, though generally speaking a court SHOULD decide that your husband would owe you 21% of his net, after-tax income from the four years as child support, and he would continue to owe 21% of his future earnings (or his POTENTIAL future earnings if he decides to be "under-employed").Unless he has been earning next to nothing, $4K for the last four years is WAY TOO LOW. Assuming he was earning about $28K a year, he should have been paying about $4K A YEAR.Also you need to be aware of the fact that you care not allowed to bargain away his future child support obligations.While you and your husband may chose to remain apart, you need to make sure he contributes to the support of your child -- take him to court to get an order fo support and don't delay.