Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee

Fathers visitation rights

Can I withhold child support payments or reduce the amount of child support temporarily that I am paying if mother refuses me visitation priveledges? Can I charge her for gas and work missed if I have driven 125 miles to pick up children when she had agreed to it, but when i arrived there she refused to let me pick up my children?


Asked on 12/04/98, 8:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jes Beard Jes Beard, Attorney at Law

Re: Fathers visitation rights

No. Not in Tennessee.

You can not withhold support because of denial of visitation.

The proper remedy is to take her to court for contempt.

For more on this, check the article on my website at http://www2.pair.com/cba/jesbeard/index.htm

The specific page addressing this issue is at http://www2.pair.com/cba/jesbeard/4a.htm

Jes Beard

Jes Beard, Attorney at Law

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Answered on 1/17/99, 10:57 pm


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