Legal Question in Family Law in Tennessee
can grandma blow the whistle on dead beat dad?
My ex son-in-law was court ordered to pay childsupport directly to my daughter rather than thru the court(he lives in Ky. but they were divorced in Tn.)and he is six months in arrears. He is meanspirited and violent and has continued to attempt to browbeat my daughter and play head games with the children whom he sees when it is convenient for him. Can I alert the court that he is not paying child support? As the grandmother of three children who are desperately in need of support, I am not afraid to take this bull by the horns, however, I realize it may alienate my daughter. If I took action, and he knew it was my doing and not hers, I feel it would spare her the violent consequences she imagines him taking. He has his family as well as my daughter and grandkids walking on egg shells and I am sick of his arrogance and selfishness. Thank you for any suggestions you may make.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: can grandma blow the whistle on dead beat dad?
You can "alert" the court to anything you want, but doing so does not begin a legal action.
The judge is not there to track down or to keep track of parents who fail to pay support. The judge is there to listen to and resolve disputes between parties who present their dispute to the court.
It is not your dispute, but your daughters. There is no "bull" for you to take the horns of. It is your daughter's case. If you want to help her, help her pay the attorney she might need to pursue the matter. Don't try reporting anything to anyone -- it is not your case, there is no one who would do anything with any of the information you might report, nothing you reported would make any difference, except for alienating your daughter.
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