Camden, TN asked in Child Support for Tennessee

Q: If my husband signed away his rights to his son a long time ago why does he have to pay support still?

We received a refund 2 years ago from child support office and now he owes back pay? What's going on and how can we fix this? Can we find a lawyer if we can't afford one?

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Anthony M. Avery
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  • Knoxville, TN
  • Licensed in Tennessee

A: First hire a competent attorney to examine the Case File where he was ordered to pay support. He may owe arrearages or may not. He probably needs to move the Court to terminate support if he did not do this at the Termination Order. Was there an Order terminating his rights? He needs to read it if there is one. Also he needs to claim some exemptions on his W-4 and does not want to build up Tax Refunds at all.

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