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TN Code § 36-5-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-5-113. Plans for Payment of Child Support; Work Requirements

   In any case in which a child is receiving assistance under a state program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.), including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, and the payment of support for such child is overdue, then the department of human services may issue an administrative order to direct an individual who owes overdue support to such a child to pay the overdue support in accordance with a plan for payment of all overdue support.   The plan shall require the obligor to pay the overdue amount in full, or by monthly installments that are calculated to reduce the overdue amount by a reasonable payment over a reasonable period of time. The order may be enforced by either the court with jurisdiction of the support order or by the department pursuant to § 36-5-811 or § 36-5-812, or by any other remedies available for the collection or enforcement of current support.     The department may also order the individual who is not incapacitated and who is subject to a plan requiring payment of the overdue support for a child receiving assistance under a state program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, to engage in work activities as required under § 71-3-104.   A copy of the order issued pursuant to this section shall be filed with the court.   An order issued by the department pursuant to this part may be appealed as provided in part 10 of this chapter.   For purposes of this section, “overdue” support is defined as any occasion on which the full amount of support ordered for or on behalf of a minor child, or for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor with whom the child is living to the extent the spousal support would be included for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 654(4), is not paid by the due date for arrears as defined in § 36-5-101(f)(1), unless an income assignment is in effect and the payer of income is paying pursuant to § 36-5-501(g).
TN Code § 36-5-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-5-118. Customer Service Unit—statewide Toll-Free Telephone Line

 Notwithstanding this part or any other law to the contrary, if the department of human services serves as the central collection and disbursement unit for the state, then the department must establish, advertise and maintain a customer service unit and a statewide toll-free telephone line for the express purpose of receiving and responding to citizen inquiries and complaints concerning child support collections and disbursements. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if a contractor of the department serves as the central collection and disbursement unit for the state, then the contractor must establish, advertise and maintain a customer service unit and a statewide toll-free telephone line for the express purpose of receiving and responding to citizen inquiries and complaints concerning child support collections and disbursements.
TN Code § 36-5-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-5-119. Satellite Offices

 Notwithstanding this part or any other law to the contrary, the department of human services shall vigorously investigate and determine the feasibility of securing the necessary waivers required to permit establishment of satellite offices for the state's central collection and disbursement unit. Such satellite offices would be established only in those counties that account for a substantial percentage of total child support collections within the state. Such satellite offices would locally collect and/or disburse child support and/or would provide a locally based customer service unit for residents of such county.
TN Code § 36-5-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-5-122. False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Furtherance of Litigation

 Whenever a trial court finds that any person knowingly made a false allegation of sexual abuse in furtherance of litigation, in addition to any other penalties provided for by law or rule, the court may hold the accuser in contempt of court and may order the accuser to pay all litigation expenses, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees, discretionary costs and other costs incurred by the wrongly accused party in defending against the false allegation.
TN Code § 36-5-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 4 - Expedited Process for Support|§ 36-5-401. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “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 § 34-1-102(b);   “Magistrate” 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 § 36-5-1003 and to administer expedited process as set out in this part;   “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;   “Respondent” means a person from whom child support is sought or a person in opposition to modification of a prior order; and   “Support” or “order of support” means child support and support for a spouse or ex-spouse if the obligor is responsible for the support of a child residing with the spouse or ex-spouse.
TN Code § 36-5-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 4 - Expedited Process for Support|§ 36-5-403. Powers of Magistrate

 The magistrate shall have the same authority and power as a circuit court judge to issue any and all process and in conducting hearings and other proceedings in accordance with this part; provided, that all final orders of a magistrate must be reviewed by a judge as provided in § 36-5-405.
TN Code § 36-5-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 4 - Expedited Process for Support|§ 36-5-404. Powers and Duties of Clerk

 The office of the clerk of the court shall provide a sufficient supply of the forms provided for in § 36-5-406. These forms shall be limited to use in causes filed under this part and they shall be made available to all who request assistance in filing a petition. The office of the clerk shall also assist a person who is not represented by counsel by filling in the name of the court on the petition and testimony or shall refer the person to the proper IV-D agency within the county.
TN Code § 36-5-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 4 - Expedited Process for Support|§ 36-5-406. Promulgation of Forms

 The department of human services, in consultation with the Tennessee judicial conference, has the authority by regulation to promulgate forms, which must be available for use pursuant to this part. Such forms must be promulgated pursuant to the rulemaking provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 36-5-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-701. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Arrears” means any child support or spousal support associated with a child support order owed under a court or administrative order that is delinquent pursuant to § 36-5-501(b)(1), or any interest owed on those arrears;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of human services;   “Department” means the department of human services;   “License” means a license, certification, registration, permit, approval or other similar document issued to an individual evidencing admission to or granting authority to engage in a profession, trade, occupation, business, or industry, to hunt or fish, or to operate any motor vehicle or other conveyance, but does not include a license to practice law unless the supreme court establishes guidelines pursuant to § 36-5-713 making this part applicable to such license;   “Licensee” means any individual holding a license, certification, registration, permit, approval, or other similar document evidencing admission to, or granting authority to engage in a profession, trade, occupation, business, or industry, to hunt or fish, or to operate any motor vehicle or other conveyance, but “licensee” does not include an attorney only with respect to the attorney's license to practice law unless the supreme court establishes guidelines pursuant to § 36-5-713 making this part applicable to such license;   “Licensing authority” means the board, commission, or agency, including the department of safety, that has been established by statute or state regulation to oversee the issuance and regulation of any license. Excluded from this definition is the supreme court, unless the supreme court acts in accordance with § 36-5-713, and any licensing authority established solely by the action and authority of a county or municipal government;   “Not in compliance with an order of support” means that the obligor is five hundred dollars ($500) or more in arrears and the arrears are ninety (90) days or more past due;   “Obligee” means any individual to whom a duty of support is owed or any state or political subdivision to whom such duty has been assigned or that is collecting support on behalf of an obligee;   “Obligor” means any individual owing a duty of support;   “Order of support” means any judgment or order for the support of dependent children issued by any court of this state or another state, including an order in a final decree of divorce, or any order issued in accordance with an administrative procedure established by state law in this or another state that affords substantial due process and is subject to judicial review; and   “Restricted license” means a license that allows a person to operate a motor vehicle for the limited purposes of going to and from and working at the person's regular place of employment and going to and from the person's school and does not include a commercial driver license of any kind.
TN Code § 36-5-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-703. Administrative Hearing — Certification of Noncompliance

  An obligor may request an administrative hearing upon receiving the notice described in § 36-5-702 to contest the department's intention to issue a finding of noncompliance to a licensing authority. The request for hearing must be made in writing and must be received by the department within twenty (20) days of the date the notice is served upon the obligor as shown by the return receipt or by the return on personal service.   If a hearing is requested, the department shall conduct the hearing in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3, except that, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the appeal of the department's administrative order based upon the hearing pursuant to this part shall be made by the obligor in accordance with the jurisdictional and judicial review provisions of § 36-5-1003; provided, that notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the sworn certificate of the department, or its agent, or the Title IV-D agency of another state, regarding the issues in subdivisions (c)(1) and (2), shall be admissible in evidence and shall constitute a rebuttable presumption of the obligor's status.   The only issues for consideration at the administrative hearings shall be:  Whether the licensee is an obligor required to pay child support under an order of support;   Whether the obligor is not in compliance with the order of support; and   Whether good cause exists in that case as to whether the sanctions of this part should be imposed.      The department may enter into a consent order with the obligor, which is filed with the court, for payment of an arrearage owed by the obligor. Upon entry of such consent order by the court, the proceedings under this part shall be further stayed, unless there is noncompliance with such consent order as shown by the records pursuant to subdivision (d)(2). In the event of such noncompliance the stay shall cease and the procedures of subdivision (d)(2) shall be followed. Entry of such consent order shall constitute a waiver of the obligor's right to any hearing on the issue of noncompliance with an order of support based upon the notice of noncompliance for which the consent order has been entered.   If the payment records of the clerk of the court or the department show that the obligor remains in arrears and is not in compliance with the consent order for repayment of the child support arrearage pursuant to subdivision (d)(1), the court, through the department, shall, in accordance with § 36-5-705, forthwith certify to each licensing authority that licenses the obligor that the obligor is not in compliance with an order of support.
TN Code § 36-5-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-704. Stays of Action — Issuance of Decisions — Costs

  If an obligor timely requests a hearing to contest the issue of compliance, or files a motion to modify support or requests that the support obligation be amended as provided in § 36-5-710, the department shall stay the action and may not certify the name of the obligor to any licensing authority for noncompliance with an order of support until the department issues a written decision after a hearing that finds the obligor is not in compliance with an order of support or until the motion to modify or request to amend is decided, as the case may be; provided, that after a decision by the department has been made in the form of a final order as provided in § 4-5-315, there will be no further stay unless a reviewing court issues a stay.   The department shall issue its decision after hearing without undue delay. The department's administrative order must inform the obligor that a petition for judicial review of the department's decision must be filed within sixty (60) days of the date of the administrative order in accordance with the jurisdictional and judicial review provisions of § 36-5-1003. The department shall send an attested copy of the decision to the obligor by regular mail to the obligor's most recent address of record and to any attorney representing the obligor in connection with the hearing under this part.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department is authorized to assess costs to the obligor of the unsuccessful appeal of notice of noncompliance. The department may, by motion in the court with jurisdiction over the support order, recover such costs against the obligor and the court shall direct the obligor to pay such costs to the department.   Any hearings held pursuant to this part shall be held at the department of human services' office nearest the obligor's home.
TN Code § 36-5-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-705. Certification That Obligor Is in Noncompliance

  The department shall certify in writing or by electronic data exchange to each licensing authority that licenses the obligor that an obligor is not in compliance with an order of support if:  The obligor does not timely request a hearing upon service of notice issued under § 36-5-702 and is not in compliance with an order of support twenty-one (21) days after service of the notice provided for in § 36-5-702;   The obligor has not entered into a written agreement satisfactory to the department for payment of the arrearage within twenty (20) days after service of the notice in § 36-5-702 or within such longer period as may be agreed to by the department, or having entered into such a written agreement has failed to comply with such agreement;   The department issues a decision after a hearing that finds the obligor is not in compliance with an order of support; or   A court, upon a petition for judicial review of the department's decision after its issuance of a stay of that decision pending its ruling, enters a judgment that upholds the department's finding that the obligor is not in compliance with an order of support.     The department shall certify in writing or by electronic data exchange to the department of safety that an obligor is not in compliance with an order of support but is eligible for a restricted license if the department enters into an agreement that includes eligibility for a restricted license, pursuant to § 36-5-714.
TN Code § 36-5-706 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-706. Denial, Suspension or Revocation of License — Refusal to Reinstate or Reissue — Notice

  Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the certification from the department under § 36-5-705 shall be a basis for the denial, suspension or revocation of a license, for refusal to issue or reinstate a license by a licensing authority or for the issuance of a restricted license.   The licensing authority shall notify, without undue delay, by regular mail, an obligor certified from the department under § 36-5-705, that:  The obligor's application for the issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a license has been denied;   The obligor's current license has been suspended or revoked because the obligor's name has been certified by the department as an obligor who is not in compliance with an order of support; or   The obligor's current driver license has been revoked because the obligor's name has been certified by the department as an obligor who is not in compliance with an order of support but eligible for a restricted license. The notice shall include information on the process for obtaining a restricted license and paying any restricted license fee required by the department of human services.     A notice of suspension must specify the reason and statutory grounds for the suspension and the effective date of the suspension and may include any other notices prescribed by the licensing authority. The notice must also inform the individual that in order to apply for issuance, renewal or reinstatement of the license, the individual must obtain a release from the department of human services in accordance with § 36-5-707.   A notice to the obligor by the licensing authority to revoke, restrict, deny, suspend, or refuse to renew or reinstate a license after receipt of the notice of noncompliance from the department shall not be appealable under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3.
TN Code § 36-5-707 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-707. Effect of Compliance by Obligors Who Have Been Served Notice

  When an obligor who is served notice under § 36-5-702 complies with the order of support, the department shall provide the licensing authority with written or electronic data exchange confirmation that the obligor is in compliance with the order and issue a release to the obligor.    Upon receipt of the written confirmation of reasonable or full compliance, the licensing authority shall issue or extend the obligor's license, or withdraw any denial, revocation, restriction or suspension of the obligor's license; provided, that all other applicable licensing requirements are met by the obligor. If all other applicable licensing requirements are met by the obligor, the obligor shall not, however, be required to be retested or recertified for a license that was valid and that was held in good standing by the obligor, or for which the obligor had been determined otherwise eligible by the licensing authority to receive, prior to the revocation, restriction or suspension or denial of such license pursuant to this part, and which license was revoked, restricted, suspended or denied solely pursuant to this part.   If, subsequent to the revocation, restriction, suspension or denial of the license, and prior to the date on which the next periodic licensing would be due, the license is restored or issued by the licensing authority due to reasonable or full compliance, the obligor shall not be required to pay a new periodic license fee for the period remaining before the next periodic licensing fee would be due; provided, that the licensing authority may impose a reasonable reinstatement fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for processing of the restoration or issuance of the license at any time.
TN Code § 36-5-708 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-708. Rules Authorized to Enforce Part

 The department shall have authority to adopt any necessary rules to implement and enforce the requirements of this part in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 36-5-709 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-709. Licensing Authorities — Cooperation With Department — Agreements

 The various licensing authorities shall cooperate with the department in any manner necessary to effectuate this part, and the department and the various licensing authorities shall enter into any necessary agreements to carry out the purposes of this part.
TN Code § 36-5-710 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction|§ 36-5-710. Modification or Amendment of Support Orders or Obligations

 Nothing in this part prohibits an obligor from filing a motion to modify support with the court or from requesting the department to amend a support obligation established by an administrative decision.