Jones v. Jones

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

In this domestic relations case, the custodial parent appeals from the judgment of the trial court, affirmed by the Court of Appeals, that T.C.A. § 36 — 5—101(e)(1) Child Support Guidelines do not apply in this case. By this Court’s interpretation of the statute, the guidelines apply.

On May 6, 1987, judgment was entered in the trial court awarding custody of two minor children to the appellant father, Curtis Lamar Jones, and ordering the mother, Dorothy Caroline Jones, to pay $220 biweekly for the support of the children.

On June 5, 1991, subsequent to the passage of…