Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

change of jurisdiction

My husband and his ex-wife were divorced in Oklahoma. She and the kids have lived in Tennessee for two years. Oklahoma law requires the non-custodial parent's income to increase by 25% before the other party can ask for increased support. Tennessee however, only requires the income to increase by 15%. His ex-wife wants to change the jurisdiction to Tennessee so she can go ahead and ask for an increase. His pay has only increase 16 or 17%. Can she do this just to avoid the unfavorable law in Oklahoma?


Asked on 9/04/02, 11:01 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles W. Field Charles W. Field, Attorney at Law

Re: change of jurisdiction

The key here is the state in which your husband currently lives. Jurisdiction would be in that state, unless OK law (with which I am not familiar) has some law allowing its courts to retain jurisdiction. Unless your husband lives in TN, I do not see how any action could be filed in TN.

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Answered on 9/04/02, 11:05 am


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