[VA Advogado]

Another round of child support talks...this ought to be fun

Sadly, because this ruling the child support statute in Tennessee will have to be revisited. With that comes the bad and well as the good. Given the Tenn legislature's greed, were I a noncustodial parent in that state I would hold on to my wallet.

[Orangedog]

Don't expect any change from this. The guidelines will go back to whatever commission has been appointed (which is also likely to be unconstitutional) to come up with the made-up dollar amounts that the state uses. What ever dollar they have to reduce by the ruling of this court will be raised in some other part of the guidelines. The important thing to keep in mind here is that whenever there is a review of the guidelines, the overall dollar amount ALWAYS goes up. Unless high courts declare the entire system unconstitutional, there will not be any change in this industry.