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Filing Fees This is what you pay to the court to initiate your divorce. Filing fees vary by county but are typically between $250 and $400. If you are responding to a divorce action and wish to file a counter compliant, you'll need to pay a filing fee for that counter?usually around $100.

In general, to request that a court modify child support, a parent's lawyer will draft a petition to modify child support alleging the necessary factual and legal requirements, will file that petition in the applicable court clerk's office, and will then have that petition served on the other parent.

One child ? $2,100 per month. Two children ? $3,200 per month. Three children ? $4,100 per month. Four children ? $4,600 per month.

1. Uncontested Divorce. First up on our list is uncontested divorce (also referred to as an ?agreed divorce? by Tennessee courts). This type of divorce is undoubtedly the easiest and cheapest way to dissolve a marriage, because?as the name suggests?both spouses agree on all the terms.

The Guidelines are based on an Income Shares model that establishes the dollar amount of child support obligations based on the amount of parents' combined adjusted gross income and the number of children for whom the child support order is being established or modified.

An uncontested divorce can often be the fastest and cheapest way for spouses to legally separate. However, in the state of Tennessee, only couples that do not have any minor children together (biological or adopted) qualify for an uncontested divorce.