Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

Child Support
friend is going through divorce, doesn't have council with one child, mother is primary.Childsupport law here in Tennessee has recently changed this month. There is a discrepency withthe parents regarding the law,which her attorney says is a ''technicality''. The law now gives a ''Parenting adjustment'' reduction (or increase) in child support. Her attorney is coming up with an EXTREMELY low number of days the father has the child. He keeps the child from after school Friday and keeps the child all weekend then takes the child to school Monday morning, that is hoe the parenting plan says (every other weekend). He also picks the child up from school EVERY Tuesday and takes her back to school Wednesday morning. He pays for the child's lunch on those Mondays and Wednesdays he has her. He also gets her every other holiday, his birthday, half Christmas vacation, every other Thanksgiving and three weeks during the summer. Now, the mother's attorney has just added this new law in their paper and only has the father credited with 74 days and the mother with 291 days. The mother's attorney says the father can't ''technically claim'' the Tuesdays or extra weekend day or any of the holidays. What constitutes a day with this new law? HELP

Asked on 1/14/05, 9:04 am

Robin Gordon Gordon Law Group, PLC

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Re: Child Support

Here is the definition of �Days� under the new act � For purposes of this chapter, a �day� means that a child spends the majority of a

twenty-four (24) hour calendar day with or under the control of a parent and that parent expends

a reasonable amount of resources on the child during this time period (such as the cost of a meal

or other such costs directly related to the care and supervision of the child). Partial days of

parenting time that are not consistent with this definition shall not be considered a �day� under

these Guidelines. A �day� under the control of a parent includes a day the child is not in the

parent�s home, but is under the parent�s control, for example, with the parent�s permission at

camp or with friends.

Answered on 1/14/05, 10:46 am

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