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TN Code § 36-2-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-312. Custody and Visitation Issues

  In any case that is brought by the department of human services or its contractors, the Title IV-D child support office shall have no authority to represent the state of Tennessee on issues of custody or parental access. The fact that custody and parental access are sought in a petition that is filed by the department or its contractors to comply with this part, or that the court orders the department or its contractors to enter the finding of fact or the conclusions of law of the court relative to a custody or parental access determination in its order, shall not be deemed to make the department or its contractors responsible for presenting any evidence on these issues or to have any continuing duty to present evidence on these issues in any subsequent hearing. The department or its contractors shall have the duty to inform the individuals in the Title IV-D case that the department or its contractors will not provide legal assistance relative to custody or parental access and that the individual has a right to independent counsel for such representation.   The department may apply for and utilize any federal grants for the purpose of implementing a pilot project for access and visitation programs. The department may contract with other persons or entities to establish the pilot projects that will be administered by the department; provided, that in establishing any such pilot project through contract, the department shall give preference to existing family preservation services programs, family resource centers, headstart programs and other established programs for children.
TN Code § 36-2-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-313. Inheritance of Child From Father — Information to Commissioner of Health — Recovery of Fees Paid by the Department of Health — New Birth Certificates

  When, under this chapter, the relationship of father and child is established, the child shall be entitled to inherit from the father as if born to the father in wedlock.   When an order of parentage has been entered, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the commissioner of health, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, a written notification as to such order, together with such other facts as may assist in identifying the birth record of the child whose parentage is at issue. The form shall contain at a minimum the information required by § 36-2-311(a)(1)-(8). If such order shall be abrogated by a later judgment or order of the same or a higher court, that fact shall be immediately communicated in writing to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, by the clerk of the court that entered such order, if the information is available in the court records.   The court shall include in each order of parentage an order that the nonprevailing party or, if parentage was not contested, the person who is being confirmed as the father of the child by the order of parentage, pay into the court an amount equal to the sum of any fees required to be paid by the department of health, or any successor to the department, for the processing or issuance of a birth certificate. Any money paid into court pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be received by the clerk and paid out by the clerk as required by subsection (d).   When an order of parentage has been entered, the clerk of the court shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the order and the completed application for a new certificate of birth by parentage to the registrar of vital records, who shall issue a new certificate of birth by parentage in conformity with the rules and regulations of the department of health. Upon receipt of the fee required by the department of health, the clerk shall transmit the fee to the registrar of vital records. Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, the registrar shall not be required to issue a new certificate of birth until the fee is paid.
TN Code § 36-2-315 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-315. Appeals

 An appeal from any final order of parentage as provided for in this chapter may be taken to the court of appeals pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.
TN Code § 36-2-316 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-316. Discrimination Against Children Born Out of Wedlock — Penalty

  No child born out of wedlock shall be deprived of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law.   Any person, including any employee or official of any governmental agency, who deprives any person of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law, by reason of the child being born out of wedlock, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 36-2-317 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-317. Official References to Illegitimacy

 No explicit references shall be made to illegitimacy in any legal proceeding, record, certificates or other papers except the departments of human services and health may keep records of out-of-wedlock births.
TN Code § 36-2-319 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-319. Enrollment of Child in Supporting Party's Health Care Plan

  In any case in which the court enters an order of support in a case enforced under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), the court shall enter an order providing for health care coverage to be provided for the child or children.   Section 36-5-501(a)(3) shall apply with respect to enrollment of a child in the noncustodial parent's employer-based health care plan.
TN Code § 36-2-320 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-320. License Revocation Requests

 In establishing paternity or enforcing any provision of child support, if the party seeking to establish paternity or to enforce an order of support specifically prays for revocation of a license, or if the court determines on its own motion or on motion of the party seeking to establish paternity or seeking to enforce an order of support that an individual party has failed to comply with a subpoena or a warrant in connection with the establishment of paternity or enforcement of an order of support, the court may invoke the provisions of § 36-5-101(f)(5).
TN Code § 36-2-321 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-321. Limitations Period for Child Support Payment Orders

 Judgments for child support payments for each child subject to the order for child support pursuant to this part shall be enforceable without limitation as to time.
TN Code § 36-2-322 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-322. Payment of Overdue Support for Children Receiving Assistance

 In any case in which a child is receiving assistance under a state program funded under the Social Security Act, Title IV-A (42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.), including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, chapter 3, part 1, and the payment of support for such child is overdue, then, the department of human services may issue an administrative order, directing 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 or to engage in work activities, as otherwise required and defined by § 36-5-113.
TN Code § 36-2-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 4 - Parentage of Children Born of Donated Embryo Transfer|§ 36-2-401. Single Means of Establishing Parentage — Legislative Intent

 This chapter provides a single means to establish parentage of children born of donated embryo transfer to recipient intended parent. It is intended to promote the interests of children who may be born as a result of donated embryo transfer. It is the intent that no adoption pursuant to chapter 1 of this title or no parentage pursuant to chapter 3 of this title shall be required to create parentage in recipient intended parent pursuant to this part.
TN Code § 36-2-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 4 - Parentage of Children Born of Donated Embryo Transfer|§ 36-2-402. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Embryo” or “human embryo” means an individual fertilized ovum of the human species from the single-cell stage to eight-week development;   “Embryo parentage” means the acceptance of rights and responsibilities for an embryo by a recipient intended parent;   “Embryo relinquishment” or “legal transfer of rights to an embryo” means the relinquishment of rights and responsibilities by the person or persons who hold the legal rights and responsibilities for an embryo;   “Embryo transfer” means the medical procedure of physically placing an embryo into the uterus of a female recipient intended parent;   “Legal embryo custodian” means the person or entity, including an embryo transfer clinic, who hold the legal rights and responsibilities for a human embryo and who relinquishes said embryo to another person; and   “Recipient intended parent” means a person or persons who receive a relinquished embryo and who accepts full legal rights and responsibilities for such embryo and any child that may be born as a result of embryo transfer.
TN Code § 36-2-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 4 - Parentage of Children Born of Donated Embryo Transfer|§ 36-2-403. Establishing Embryo Parentage — Relinquishment of Rights and Responsibilities

   A legal embryo custodian may relinquish all rights and responsibilities for an embryo prior to embryo transfer. A written contract shall be entered into as appropriate when establishing embryo parentage prior to embryo transfer for the legal transfer of rights to an embryo and to any child that may result from the embryo transfer:  Between legal embryo custodians and the embryo transfer clinic; or   Between a legal embryo custodian and each recipient intended parent.     The contract shall be signed, as appropriate, by each legal embryo custodian for such embryo, by the embryo transfer clinic or by each recipient intended parent in the presence of a notary public. Initials or other designations may be used if the individuals desire anonymity.     If the embryo was created using donor gametes, the sperm or oocyte donors who irrevocably relinquished their rights in connection with in vitro fertilization shall not be entitled to any notice of the embryo relinquishment, nor shall their consent to the embryo relinquishment be required.   Upon embryo relinquishment by each legal embryo custodian pursuant to subsection (a), the legal transfer of rights to an embryo shall be considered complete at the time of thawing or to such other time as the parties may agree, and the embryo transfer shall be authorized.   A child born to a recipient intended parent as the result of embryo relinquishment pursuant to subsection (a) shall be presumed to be the legal child of the recipient intended parent; provided, that each legal embryo custodian and each recipient intended parent has entered into a written contract pursuant to this part.   Any and all prior legal embryo custodians whose donation of an embryo has resulted in the birth of a child to a recipient intended parent pursuant to subsection (a) shall have no rights or responsibilities with such child and of the child to them.
TN Code § 36-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-101. Prohibited Degrees of Relationship

 Marriage cannot be contracted with a lineal ancestor or descendant, nor the lineal ancestor or descendant of either parent, nor the child of a grandparent, nor the lineal descendants of husband or wife, as the case may be, nor the husband or wife of a parent or lineal descendant.   Code 1858, § 2436 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 23, § 18); Shan., § 4185; Code 1932, § 8408; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-401.
TN Code § 36-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-102. Second Marriage Before Dissolution of First Prohibited — Effect of Absence for Five Years

 A second marriage cannot be contracted before the dissolution of the first. But the first shall be regarded as dissolved, for this purpose, if either party has been absent five (5) years, and is not known to the other to be living.   Code 1858, § 2438 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 23, § 16); Shan., § 4188; Code 1932, § 8411; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-404.
TN Code § 36-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-103. License Required — County of Issuance

  Before being joined in marriage, the parties shall present to the minister or officer a license under the hand of a county clerk in this state, directed to such minister or officer, authorizing the solemnization of a marriage between the parties. Such license shall be valid for thirty (30) days from its issuance by the clerk.   All existing marriages that occurred before March 24, 1986, are validated if a marriage certificate was signed by the county clerk either from a county in which the female did not reside or from a county where the marriage was not solemnized.    The county clerk issuing a marriage license is hereby authorized to record and certify any license used to solemnize a marriage that is properly signed by the officiant when such license is returned to the issuing county clerk. The issuing county clerk shall forward the record to the office of vital records to be filed and registered with such office. If a license issued by a county clerk in Tennessee is used to solemnize a marriage outside Tennessee, such marriage and parties, their property and their children shall have the same status as if the marriage were solemnized in this state. A county clerk is prohibited from issuing a license for a marriage that is prohibited in this state.   All existing marriages occurring prior to May 2, 1989, by the authority of a Tennessee license, properly signed and certified by the officiant, are validated and the issuing clerk is authorized to record such license when it is returned to the issuing county clerk and to forward the record to the office of vital records to be filed and registered with such office.      Code 1858, § 2441 (deriv. Acts 1778, ch. 7, §§ 2, 3); Shan., § 4191; Code 1932, § 8414; Acts 1976, ch. 539; § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-405; Acts 1986, ch. 582, §§ 1, 2; 1989, ch. 224, § 1; 1996, ch. 1031, § 2.
TN Code § 36-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-104. Conditions Precedent to Issuance of License

   No county clerk or deputy clerk shall issue a marriage license until the applicants make an application in writing, stating the names, ages, addresses and social security numbers of both the proposed male and female contracting parties and the names and addresses of the parents, guardian or next of kin of both parties. The application shall be sworn to by both applicants. Should either individual be incarcerated, the inmate shall not be made to appear but shall submit a notarized statement containing the name, age, current address and a name and address of the individual's parents, guardian or next of kin. If an applicant has a disability that prevents the applicant from appearing, the applicant may submit a notarized statement containing the person's name, age, current address and the names and address of the parents, guardian or next of kin.    If an applicant is a member of the armed forces of the United States stationed in another country in support of combat or another military operation, the applicant shall submit:   A notarized statement containing the applicant's name, age, address in the United States, if applicable, and the names and addresses of the applicant's parents, guardian, or next of kin;   A certified copy of the applicant's deployment orders; and   An affidavit from the battalion, ship, or squadron commander, as applicable, notarized by the judge advocate stating that the applicant is deployed.     A person submitting a statement under subdivision (a)(2)(A) who intends to appear for the marriage ceremony via video conferencing pursuant to § 36-3-302(b) must indicate such intention in the statement.       [Deleted by 2019 amendment.]
TN Code § 36-3-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-105. Minimum Age of Applicant for License

  It is unlawful for any county clerk or deputy clerk in this state to issue a marriage license to any person where:  Either of the contracting parties is under seventeen (17) years of age; or   One (1) of the contracting parties is at least seventeen (17) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the other contracting party is at least four (4) years older than the minor contracting party.     Any marriage contracted in violation of subsection (a) may be annulled upon proper proceedings therefor by such person or any interested person acting in the person's behalf.
TN Code § 36-3-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-106. Consent of Parent, Guardian, Next of Kin, Agency or Custodian — “Parent” Defined

  When either applicant is under eighteen (18) years of age, the parents, guardian, next of kin or party having custody of the applicant shall join in the application, under oath, stating that the applicant is seventeen (17) years of age or over and that the applicant has such person's consent to marry.   If the applicant is in the legal custody of any public or private agency or is in the legal custody of any person other than a parent, next of kin or guardian, then such person or the duly authorized representative of such agency shall join in the application with the parent, guardian or next of kin stating, under oath, that the applicant is seventeen (17) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and that the applicant has such person's consent to marry. This subsection (b) does not apply to applicants who are in the legal custody of the department of mental health and substance abuse services or the department of intellectual and developmental disabilities.   The parents, guardian, next of kin, other person having custody of the applicant, or duly authorized representative of a public or private agency having legal custody of the applicant shall join in the application either by personal appearance before the county clerk or deputy county clerk, or by submitting a sworn and notarized affidavit.   The consent of the applicant's parents, guardian, next of kin, other person having custody of the applicant, or duly authorized representative of a public or private agency having legal custody of the applicant is not required if the applicant is emancipated at the time of the application.   Marriage shall remove the disabilities of minority. A minor emancipated by marriage shall be considered to have all the rights and responsibilities of an adult, except for specific constitutional or statutory age requirements, including voting, the use of alcoholic beverages, and other health and safety regulations relevant to the minor because of the minor's age.   A minor shall be advised of the rights and responsibilities of parties to a marriage and of emancipated minors. The minor shall be provided with a fact sheet on these rights and responsibilities to be developed by the administrative office of the courts. The fact sheet shall include referral information for legal aid agencies in this state and national hotlines for domestic violence and sexual assault.   As used in this section, “parent” or “parents” means a person or persons listed as a parent on the child's birth certificate or who have been adjudicated to be the legal parent of the child by a court of competent jurisdiction.
TN Code § 36-3-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-108. Forced Marriage Prohibited — Civil Action

  Marriage, at any age, that is entered into without valid, freely-given consent from both parties is contrary to the public policy of this state and shall be void and unenforceable in this state.   A person who is forced, whether by violence, threats, or coercion, to marry another shall have a cause of action against any party who forced the person to marry. A claim under this section shall not be based on parental or familial guidance motivated by the person's best interest, which is expressed in a reasonable manner.   Damages for a claim under this section shall include:  Liquidated damages of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000);   Reasonable attorneys' fees; and   Court costs.     Upon a finding of forced marriage, the court shall order the marriage in question void.   Notwithstanding § 28-3-104, an action under this section must be commenced within ten (10) years after the cause of action accrues by solemnization of marriage.
TN Code § 36-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-109. Issuance of License to Drunks, Insane Persons or Imbeciles Forbidden

 No license shall be issued when it appears that the applicants or either of them is at the time drunk, insane or an imbecile.
TN Code § 36-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-110. Contest of Issuance

 Any interested person shall have the right to contest the issuance of the marriage license, which contest shall be filed, heard and determined by the judge of the probate court, or judge of the juvenile court, or any judge or chancellor; provided, that such contest shall not be filed without the filing of a cost bond in the sum of at least fifty dollars ($50.00) with solvent sureties executed by the contestant, conditioned as in civil cases, and the cost of such contest shall be adjudged against the losing party.
TN Code § 36-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-111. County Clerk Violating Law — Penalty

 Any county clerk or deputy clerk who issues a marriage license without compliance with the last sentence in § 36-3-103(c)(1), §§ 36-3-104  — 36-3-106, § 36-3-109, § 36-3-110, or § 36-3-113, and not in good faith, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 36-3-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-112. Fraudulently Signing or Using False Documents — Misdemeanor

 Fraudulently signing or knowingly using any false document purporting to be one provided for in § 36-3-104(a) or § 36-3-106 is a Class C misdemeanor.