Gina Scarlett Ferrari Pace v. Ward Redden Pace

Case Number
M2009-01037-COA-R3-CV

This is a post-divorce modification of child custody and support. Father/Appellant appeals the trial court's order, which increased his child support obligation, modified his parenting time, and ordered him to pay Mother/Appellee's attorney's fees. Finding that the trial court erred in eliminating Father's one-week of uninterrupted summer visitation and not allowing him an additional night per week visitation, we reverse that portion of the order. Further, we find that the trial court erred in providing Father with a "credit" towards his child support in exchange for his payment of Mother's mortgage. Accordingly, we vacate the trial court's amount of child support ordered, as well as the trial court's award of attorney's fees to Mother. We affirm the trial court's findings on both Mother's and Father's income. Affirmed in part; reversed in part; vacated in part and remanded.

Authoring Judge
Judge J. Steven Stafford
Originating Judge
Judge Amanda Jane McClendon
Case Name
Gina Scarlett Ferrari Pace v. Ward Redden Pace
Date Filed
Dissent or Concur
No