Mandy Hancock discusses how parenting plans and parenting classes work in this week’s post. Contact Banks & Jones if you have questions about child custody in Knoxville. What exactly is a parenting plan? People ask, "What is a parenting plan?" In the state of Tennessee, we are very fortunate that we have a uniform plan that's used in all cases. I tell clients when they come to me, whether or not you reach an agreement [...]

A lot of times, people call and they ask what percentage of their income they have to pay as child support. In the state of Tennessee, the law changed several years ago, and it's no longer a percentage of your income, but rather it's done on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, wherein certain factors are plugged in; and based on those numbers, there's a formula in that spreadsheet, and it tells you how much the child [...]

A lot of days I get people who call and they're frustrated, because they feel like they're paying too much child support – and the first thing they want to do is just not pay the support. That is the worst thing that you can do at that time, because if you do that, you could be subjecting yourself to contempt of court, and that can be monetary fines, you may be having to pay [...]

Grandparents call us a lot of times asking if they can get custody of their grandchildren. And there's not a simple answer to this question; however, in the state of Tennessee, parents have what's called a superior parental right to parent their children above and beyond everyone else. So, you may not like the way that your children are raising their children, but that does not necessarily mean that you can get custody of your [...]