Tennessee Family Law Questions & Answers

In yesterday’s episode, we discussed several factors that go into determining the amount of child support that will be paid: Relative Income Parenting time Work related child care expenses Health insurance Other children In today's episode, we discuss what happens when one or both parents are receiving Social Security Benefits. There are generally three types of social security benefits that we deal with in child support cases, disability benefits and retirement benefits both of which fall under Title II of the Social Security Act, and Supplemental Security Income benefits received under Title 16 of the Social Security Act. For child support purposes, both disability and retirement under Title II are handled the same.   However, Title 16 Supplemental Security Income benefits are handled differently Amounts received by a parent under Title II of the Social Security Act are considered income and can form the basis of a child support award.  Supplemental Security Income benefits, however, are not included in