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My 15 year old nephew lives with is Grandmother and his mother receives the support payment and she pays NOTHING for my nephew. She uses the child support for her own personal benefit. Can the father legally pay the child support to the grandmother? My nephew has lived with his Grandmother the past 2 years.
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Grandmother needs to get a custody order, and file for support against both parents. If the parents were not married, she may be able to do that without an attorney in juvenile court, though I don’t recommend that. If she gets legal custody, TN Child Support Services may then assist her with the child support part of that. If dad is paying mom by a court order, it takes a court order to change it.
Answered on Oct 04th, 2018 at 6:55 AM