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This page offers you info on child support as it relates to divorce in Tennessee.  Please read on to learn more and find many links which discuss other divorce topics, as well as see these videos - our most effective way of offering you free consultations concerning your divorce.

An uncontested divorce costs less. But will your divorce truly be uncontested? Click twice on the play button above to watch the video about an uncontested divorce.





What if you are served with 'divorce papers'. What happens then? An experienced Tennessee divorce attorney has some ideas for you. Click twice to play the video.





An experienced Tennessee divorce lawyer gives you a few free tips on what to look for when you are dividing assets in a divorce. Thoughts about how marital assets are divided during a divorce. Click twice to play the video.





How do you start a divorce, or file for a divorce in Tennessee? An experienced local lawyer offers free advice in this video. Click twice to play the video.





In a Tennessee divorce how do you handle splitting your house, and the mortgage. Here's some free advice from an experienced Tennessee lawyer. Click twice to play the video.





In a Tennessee divorce you will generally have a Marital Dissolution Agreement or MDA, and if there are children, you must also file a parenting plan with the court, plus you must take a parenting class. Here's an explanation of these documents by an experienced Tennessee lawyer. Click twice to play the video.







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We have a CPA, that means a strong accounting and cost efficiency background, so we know how to be frugal and give clients the most value for their money. Our rates are comparable to other experienced attorneys in the area. We often show clients how to save on costs by pointing out how to do-it-yourself on many tasks. Our portal and efficient systems mean you can generally spend far less on a case when dealing with us.

As a trained family law mediator we have good negotiation skills to aid in settling matters - but we are also skilled at going to court to 'do battle' with the opposing side.




Founding attorney Burdette explains a bit about why our office operations have evolved to new means and methods and how that change can benefit you.

Keeping up with the advances in technology means you can now basically conduct your entire divorce from the safety of you home. Documents are exchanged through our secure portal, and all communications are via email, text, or Zoom sessions. It saves time and money, and makes you safer.

Child Support

If you are having an issue with child support, you need a child support attorney with years of experience handling Memphis area child support cases. Christina Burdette has experience with the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines and Tennessee Income Shares Worksheet procedures. She understands that her clients can experience financial difficulty as a result of improper calculation of child support, so she handles child support matters with speed and efficiency, to get your child support matter resolved quickly and correctly.





Tennessee Child Support Guidelines

Tennessee law requires filling out an Income Shares worksheet, and child support is set in accordance with the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines. A child support lawyer utilizes the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines to make sure that the amount of child support apportioned to each parent is fair and equitable. The income shares model takes into account the following factors:



The number of days the child is with each parent
Each parent’s gross income
Cost of work-related daycare
Cost of health insurance
Once Base Child Support Amount is calculated, credits are given for other children in the house and other children for whom child support is paid.





Duration of Child Support

In compliance with the Tennessee Child Support Guidelines and child support law, parents have a financial obligation to support their child until the child turns 18 or until the child graduates with their class. The Tennessee Child Support Guidelines, in the case of a Memphis area child support law matter that involves a child who has a mental illness or disability, requires that the parents will need to continue to be responsible for their child even after they turn 18 years of age.





Failure to Pay Child Support

Failure to abide by a court ordered child support order will result in a contempt petition being filed against the non-paying party. Upon finding of willful contempt, the non-paying parent can be sentenced to jail for not complying with Tennessee child support law order to pay child support.





Modification of Child Support

Child support may be modified by the court upon filing a petition to modify child support. The court must find that the income of a parent varies by 15%, or that the amount of child support owed varies by 15%. Tennessee law specifically states that there shall be no retroactive modification of child support; therefore, a parent seeking modification of child support must immediately file a petition for modification; otherwise, the amount of child support will remain the amount set forth in the last court order.


Some of our recognitions -

Best Probate Lawyers in Memphis , 10 Best attorneys in Tennessee , Best Family law lawyers in Memphis , Three best rated estate planning attorneys Memphis Top 10 memphis divorce attorneys , Three best rated attorney business
Named the best probate lawyer in Memphis. Selected as one of the 10 best family law attorneys in Tennessee by a client satisfaction survey polling actual clients. Selected as a best family lawyer in Memphis. One of the three best rated estate planning atorneys in Memphis. Voted a Top 10 divorce attorney in Memphis by Trust Analytics client ratings.



What Clients Say:

As of July, 2023 we were 4.9 of 5 stars for 46 reviews of our Memphis office on Google. - one non-client didn't like the idea of actually paying for service. Many shrug and say - can't win 'em all. But we try to every time.

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Our Germantown office has a perfect 5.0 / 5.0 record on the Google reviews for their office, which they gleefully lord over our Memphis staff. The Memphians reply - hey! you've only got 13 to our 46!

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Other ratings and awards - 10 Best in Tennessee - family law. Expertise Lawyer - Memphis. Top 3 Estate Planning Lawyer in Memphis. Also, admitted to practice - U.S. Supreme Court. That means excellence.

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