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State: Tennessee
Facts:
*Daughter turned 18 in March of this year.
*She graduated high school in June of this year
*Up until her graduation I had been given regular child support payments
*Medical and dental coverage is under father's plan.
*I've not signed anything or been to court, yet the child support payments did stop.
Before my daughter graduated, I received at my doorstep a Circuit Court Summons regarding, Petition to Terminate Child Support delivered by a County Sheriff.
The Petition states to cease child support on June 16th regarding the child as being fully emancipated (child being fully emancipated was outlined in this petition taken from the original divorce decree) Also, that the father be relieved of any further responsibility of: providing health, hospitalization & medical coverage.
This past Monday I received a "Motion to set" regarding an up and coming court date regarding this matter.
I will have to act as my own lawyer. I can't afford a lawyer and my state does not supply legal assistance to anyone regarding anything of the "child support" nature. I want to know what I do about "answering" both the petition and the motion to set. BECAUSE, in between the time that I received the Petition and the Motion to set, I have been on the phone with the father's lawyer and trying to work this out- out of court.
My proposals were that the father CAN stop the child support, I have no problem with that. But, I did propose a lengthy letter stating the child's currents medical conditions/needs and asked that he keep her on the insurance ((his insurance will provide for her until she is 19 and beyond if she is a full time student)).
Also, I made a proposal if father would make some sort of "agreement" to help with the child's further education- and means of purchasing transportation. I didn't ask for a set amount, only a promise to help when those times come about.
I have been sending my proposals via the fax, keeping a daily diary of what I've been doing and what has been said to me by the father's lawyer/receptionist. The last thing that I was told on the phone after I received the motion to set, that "he" he being the lawyer is working for "him" him being the father, and to put my requests in the paperwork is not something they will do.
So my question is:
I just want to know how I go about making my efforts known to the judge either before I go to court on this, or when I actually get there. I would like for my documents such as my proposals to be known and that I have made every effort to do what I thought was in the best interest of my child.
Thank you
Facts:
*Daughter turned 18 in March of this year.
*She graduated high school in June of this year
*Up until her graduation I had been given regular child support payments
*Medical and dental coverage is under father's plan.
*I've not signed anything or been to court, yet the child support payments did stop.
Before my daughter graduated, I received at my doorstep a Circuit Court Summons regarding, Petition to Terminate Child Support delivered by a County Sheriff.
The Petition states to cease child support on June 16th regarding the child as being fully emancipated (child being fully emancipated was outlined in this petition taken from the original divorce decree) Also, that the father be relieved of any further responsibility of: providing health, hospitalization & medical coverage.
This past Monday I received a "Motion to set" regarding an up and coming court date regarding this matter.
I will have to act as my own lawyer. I can't afford a lawyer and my state does not supply legal assistance to anyone regarding anything of the "child support" nature. I want to know what I do about "answering" both the petition and the motion to set. BECAUSE, in between the time that I received the Petition and the Motion to set, I have been on the phone with the father's lawyer and trying to work this out- out of court.
My proposals were that the father CAN stop the child support, I have no problem with that. But, I did propose a lengthy letter stating the child's currents medical conditions/needs and asked that he keep her on the insurance ((his insurance will provide for her until she is 19 and beyond if she is a full time student)).
Also, I made a proposal if father would make some sort of "agreement" to help with the child's further education- and means of purchasing transportation. I didn't ask for a set amount, only a promise to help when those times come about.
I have been sending my proposals via the fax, keeping a daily diary of what I've been doing and what has been said to me by the father's lawyer/receptionist. The last thing that I was told on the phone after I received the motion to set, that "he" he being the lawyer is working for "him" him being the father, and to put my requests in the paperwork is not something they will do.
So my question is:
I just want to know how I go about making my efforts known to the judge either before I go to court on this, or when I actually get there. I would like for my documents such as my proposals to be known and that I have made every effort to do what I thought was in the best interest of my child.
Thank you