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Tennessee Code > Title 36 > Chapter 5 – Alimony and Child Support
Part 4 Expedited Process for Support
Part 7 Enforcement Through License Denial and Revocation
Part 8 Child Support Enforcement Powers of Department
Part 11 Employment Records
Part 12 Assistance by Other States
Part 13 Social Security Number Records
Part 20 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Part 21 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – General Provisions
Part 22 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Jurisdiction
Part 23 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Civil Provisions of General Application
Part 24 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Establishment of Support Order
Part 25 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Enforcement of Order of Another State Without Registration
Part 26 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After Registration
Part 27 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Determination of Parentage
Part 28 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Interstate Rendition
Part 29 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act – Miscellaneous Provisions
Part 30 Intercounty Enforcement and Modification
Part 31 Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction
Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 36 > Chapter 5
Age of majority: means eighteen (18) years of age or older. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Child: means a person entitled to support from such person's parents by virtue of such person's minority or who is entitled to support as provided in §. See
Clerk: means the clerk of the transferor or transferee court, or the clerk of any court who has been designated by either of those courts to collect support payments for such court. See
Clerk: means the clerk of the original or registering court, or the clerk of any court who has been designated by either of those courts to collect support payments for such court. See
Commissioner: means the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's duly authorized representative. See
Court: means , except as provided in §. See
Court: means a juvenile, circuit, or chancery court or other court of this state with jurisdiction to enter support or custody orders. See
Department: means the department of human services or its contractor or other designee. See
Department: means the department of human services or its contractor or designee. See
Department: means the department of human services or its contractor. See
Employee: means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of Chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but does not include an employee of a federal or state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions, if the head of that agency has determined that reporting pursuant to the requirements of this part with respect to the employee could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission. See
Employer: has the meaning given such term in §. See
Filing: means the initiation of judicial action by the completion of a motion or petition seeking to order the alteration of a legal status through the act of sending or bringing the motion or petition to the office of the clerk of the court. See
(1) A depository institution, as defined in Section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, codified at 12 U. See
financial institution: shall mean :
Home state: means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than six (6) months old, the state in which the child lived from birth with any of them. See
Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state. See
Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other payor of income or debtor, as defined in part 5 of this chapter, to withhold support from the income of the obligor. See
Initiating state: means a state from which a proceeding is forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a responding state under parts 20-29 of this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to parts 20-29 of this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. See
Initiating tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in an initiating state. See
Issuing county: means the county in which a court issues a support or custody order or that renders a judgment determining parentage or to which a support or custody order has been previously transferred. See
Issuing court: means the court that issues a support or custody order or renders a judgment determining parentage or to which a support or custody order has been previously transferred. See
Issuing court: means the court that entered the order sought to be enforced in the registering court. See
Issuing state: means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage. See
Issuing tribunal: means the tribunal that issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage. See
Nonrequesting party: means the party against whom a registered order is sought to be enforced. See
Obligee: means an individual or agency to whom a support obligation is owed by an obligor. See
Obligor: means an individual against whom a support order has been entered. See
Petitioner: means a person or governmental entity seeking to be awarded or to enforce support for a child, or seeking to modify a previous child support order. See
Referee: means a duly licensed attorney who has been actively engaged in the practice of law for a period of not less than two (2) years appointed by court authority to set and enforce child support, to review the administrative hearing decisions of the department of human services pursuant to §. See
Register: means to file a support order or judgment determining parentage in the trial court in the county where the respondent resides or, in Title IV-D child support cases, in the central registry of the department of human services. See
Registering court: means the court in which a support order is registered for enforcement only. See
Registering tribunal: means a tribunal in which a support order is registered. See
Request: means a statement of a requesting party seeking transfer of a custody or child support case to the court of another county. See
Requesting party: means custodial parent, non-custodial parent or, in Title IV-D child support cases, the department or its contractor. See
Respondent: means a person from whom child support is sought or a person in opposition to modification of prior order. See
Responding state: means a state in which a proceeding is filed or to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an initiating state under parts 20-29 of this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to parts 20-29 of this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. See
Responding tribunal: means the authorized tribunal in a responding state. See
Service of process: means the act of bringing or sending notice of the filing of a motion or petition to the attention of the opposing party by delivery of a copy of the motion or pleading to the opposing party. See
Spousal-support order: means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor. See
Support enforcement agency: means a public official or agency authorized to seek:
(A) Enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support. See
Title IV-D Agency: means the agency designated pursuant to Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act to provide services to children and families to establish and enforce child support obligations. See
Transfer: means the process by which the transferor court, upon request, moves the case to a court where the child resides thereby conferring jurisdiction on the transferee court. See
Transferee court: means the court that assumes jurisdiction upon a transfer of a case. See
Transferor court: means the court from which a case is transferred to another court. See
Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage. See