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TN Code § 36-3-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 1 - License|§ 36-3-113. Marriage Between One Man and One Woman Only Legally Recognized Marital Contract. [See Compiler's note.]

  Tennessee's marriage licensing laws reinforce, carry forward, and make explicit the long-standing public policy of this state to recognize the family as essential to social and economic order and the common good and as the fundamental building block of our society. To that end, it is further the public policy of this state that the historical institution and legal contract solemnizing the relationship of one (1) man and one (1) woman shall be the only legally recognized marital contract in this state in order to provide the unique and exclusive rights and privileges to marriage.   The legal union in matrimony of only one (1) man and one (1) woman shall be the only recognized marriage in this state.   Any policy, law or judicial interpretation that purports to define marriage as anything other than the historical institution and legal contract between one (1) man and one (1) woman is contrary to the public policy of Tennessee.   If another state or foreign jurisdiction issues a license for persons to marry, which marriages are prohibited in this state, any such marriage shall be void and unenforceable in this state.
TN Code § 36-3-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 3 - Ceremony|§ 36-3-302. Formula Not Required

  No formula need be observed in such solemnization, except that the parties shall respectively declare, in the presence of the minister or officer, that they accept each other as husband and/or wife.   For the purposes of satisfying the requirement in subsection (a) that each party must make a declaration in the presence of a minister or officer, a member of the armed forces of the United States may appear at the marriage ceremony via video conferencing if:  The member of the armed forces is stationed in another country in support of combat or another military operation;   A commissioned officer is present with, and confirms the identity of, the member of the armed forces;   A person authorized to solemnize marriages pursuant to § 36-3-301 is present with, and confirms the identity of, the person who is marrying the member of the armed forces; and   The person who is marrying the member of the armed forces is present in this state.      Code 1858, § 2440; Shan., § 4190; Code 1932, § 8413; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-416; Acts 2017, ch. 397, § 2.
TN Code § 36-3-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 3 - Ceremony|§ 36-3-303. Return of License to Clerk — Penalty for Failure to Return — Society of Friends

  One authorized by § 36-3-301 who solemnizes the rite of matrimony shall endorse on the license the fact and time of the marriage, and sign the license, and return it to the county clerk within three (3) days from the date of marriage. Every person who fails to make such return of the license commits a Class C misdemeanor.   The functions, duties and liabilities of the party solemnizing marriage as set forth in this part shall, in the case of marriages solemnized among the Religious Society of Friends, be incumbent upon the clerk of the congregation, or in the clerk's absence, the clerk's duly designated alternate.    Code 1858, § 2443 (deriv. Acts 1815, ch. 47, § 1); Acts 1879, ch. 98, § 2; 1889, ch. 134, § 2; 1915, ch. 109, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 4193; mod. Code 1932, § 8421; Acts 1963, ch. 68, § 1; 1970, ch. 440, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-417; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 36-3-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 3 - Ceremony|§ 36-3-304. Form of Certificate

 The clerk shall, on each license, place the following form of certificate, to be signed by the person solemnizing the marriage:   “I solemnize the rite of matrimony between the above (or within) named parties on the  day of  ,  .”   Code 1858, § 2444; Shan., § 4194; mod. Code 1932, § 8422; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-418.
TN Code § 36-3-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 3 - Ceremony|§ 36-3-305. Solemnizing Marriage Between Incapable Persons — Misdemeanor

 Any such minister or officer who knowingly joins together in matrimony two (2) persons not capable thereof commits a Class C misdemeanor and shall also forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered by action of debt, for the use of the person suing.   Code 1858, § 2446 (deriv. Acts 1778, ch. 7, § 5); Shan., § 4196; mod. Code 1932, § 8423; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-419; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 36-3-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 3 - Ceremony|§ 36-3-306. Marriage Consummated by Ceremony Not Invalidated by Failure to Comply With Law — Restriction

 Failure to comply with the requirements of §§ 36-3-104 — 36-3-106, 36-3-109 — 36-3-111 shall not affect the validity of any marriage consummated by ceremony. No marriage shall be valid, whether consummated by ceremony or otherwise, if the marriage is prohibited in this state.
TN Code § 36-3-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 3 - Ceremony|§ 36-3-307. Nickname in License Does Not Invalidate Marriage

 Any marriage that may have been or may be celebrated between persons, by license regularly issued, is valid, and the issue thereof is declared legitimate, although the baptismal name of either party may be omitted in the license, or a nickname be used instead thereof; provided, that the parties have consummated the marriage by cohabitation, and can be identified as the persons between whom such marriage was solemnized.
TN Code § 36-3-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 3 - Ceremony|§ 36-3-308. Marriages During War Between the States Validated

 All marriages contracted and entered into during the War Between the States (1861-1865) and duly solemnized, are declared valid, and the issue of these marriages are declared legitimate.
TN Code § 36-3-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 4 - Breach of Marriage Contract|§ 36-3-401. Proof of Contract

 In all actions for damages for the breach of promise or contract of marriage that may hereafter be tried in the courts of this state, unless there is written evidence of such contract, signed by the party against whom the action is brought, the alleged contract must be proved by at least two (2) disinterested witnesses before any recovery may be allowed.
TN Code § 36-3-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 4 - Breach of Marriage Contract|§ 36-3-402. Plaintiff's Testimony — Corroboration Required

 In any suit for damages for breach of promise or contract of marriage that may hereafter be tried in the courts of this state, the unsupported testimony of the plaintiff shall not be sufficient to prove such contract, and proof of the association of the parties shall not be sufficient corroboration.
TN Code § 36-3-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 4 - Breach of Marriage Contract|§ 36-3-403. Questions Considered in Determining Damages

 In all suits for damages for breach of promise or contract of marriage that may hereafter be tried in the courts of this state, the judge hearing the case shall instruct the jury to take into consideration the age and experience of the parties and whether the plaintiff has been previously married. Any previous marriage on the part of such plaintiff shall be considered by the court and jury in mitigation of the damages that might otherwise be allowed.
TN Code § 36-3-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 4 - Breach of Marriage Contract|§ 36-3-404. Measure of Damages When Defendant Over Sixty (60) Years of Age

 In all suits for damages for breach of promise or contract of marriage that may be tried in the courts of this state, where the defendant is more than sixty (60) years of age at the time the case is tried, proof of damages shall be limited to the actual financial loss of the plaintiff up to the date of the trial and no punitive damages shall be allowed.
TN Code § 36-3-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 4 - Breach of Marriage Contract|§ 36-3-405. Joinder With Other Actions Prohibited

 No action for the breach of promise of marriage can be joined or tried with any other action for damages.
TN Code § 36-3-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 5 - Property Rights of Spouses|§ 36-3-501. Enforcement of Antenuptial Agreements

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, except as provided in § 36-3-502, any antenuptial or prenuptial agreement entered into by spouses concerning property owned by either spouse before the marriage that is the subject of such agreement shall be binding upon any court having jurisdiction over such spouses and/or such agreement if such agreement is determined, in the discretion of such court, to have been entered into by such spouses freely, knowledgeably and in good faith and without exertion of duress or undue influence upon either spouse. The terms of such agreement shall be enforceable by all remedies available for enforcement of contract terms.
TN Code § 36-3-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 5 - Property Rights of Spouses|§ 36-3-502. Creditor's Rights

  No marriage settlement or other marriage contract shall be good against creditors, where a greater value is secured to the intended wife, and the children of the marriage, or either of them, than the portion actually received with the wife in marriage, and such estate as the husband at the time of the husband's marriage shall be possessed of, after deducting the just debts by the husband then due and owing.   In case of any suit upon any such marriage contract, where any creditor is a party, the burden of proof lies upon the person claiming under such marriage contract.   In such case, any legacy given to the wife in general words, and not in trust, or any distributive share in an estate during coverture, shall be taken as a part of the portion received with the wife, and secured to those claiming under the marriage contract, to make up any deficiency created by the claims of creditors on the property conveyed in the marriage contract.    Code 1858, §§ 1767, 1768 (deriv. Acts 1785, ch. 12, § 2); Shan., §§ 3157, 3158; Code 1932, §§ 7839, 7840; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-605.
TN Code § 36-3-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 5 - Property Rights of Spouses|§ 36-3-503. Antenuptial Debts of Wife — Nonliability of Husband

 No husband shall be liable for the debts, contracts or obligations of the wife incurred by the wife previous to marriage.
TN Code § 36-3-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 5 - Property Rights of Spouses|§ 36-3-504. Disabilities of Coverture Removed From Married Women — Statute of Limitations

  Married women are fully emancipated from all disability on account of coverture, and the common law as to the disability of married women and its effects on the rights of property of the wife, is totally abrogated, except as set out in § 36-3-505, and marriage shall not impose any disability or incapacity on a woman as to the ownership, acquisition or disposition of property of any sort, or as to the wife's capacity to make contracts and to do all acts in reference to property that the wife could lawfully do, if the wife were not married, but every woman now married, or hereafter to be married, shall have the same capacity to acquire, hold, manage, control, use, enjoy and dispose of, all property, real and personal, in possession, and to make any contract in reference to it, and to bind herself personally, and to sue and be sued with all the rights and incidents thereof, as if the wife were not married.   All of the statutes of limitation that apply in favor of or against a feme sole, and the feme sole's property, shall apply and operate in favor of or against married women and their property.
TN Code § 36-3-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 5 - Property Rights of Spouses|§ 36-3-505. Tenancies by Entirety Unaffected

 Nothing in § 36-3-504 shall be construed as abolishing tenancies by the entirety.
TN Code § 36-3-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 6 - Domestic Abuse|§ 36-3-602. Petition — Venue

  Any domestic abuse victim, stalking victim or sexual assault victim who has been subjected to, threatened with, or placed in fear of, domestic abuse, stalking, or sexual assault, may seek relief under this part by filing a sworn petition alleging domestic abuse, stalking, or sexual assault by the respondent.   Any petition filed by an unemancipated person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be signed by one (1) of that person's parents or by that person's guardian. The petition may also be signed by a caseworker at a not-for-profit organization that receives funds pursuant to title 71, chapter 6, part 2 for family violence and child abuse prevention and shelters; provided, however, that a petition signed by a caseworker may not be filed against the unemancipated minor's parent or legal guardian. In such case, unless the court finds that the action would create a threat of serious harm to the minor, a copy of the petition, notice of hearing and any ex parte order of protection shall also be served on the parents of the minor child, or if the parents are not living together and jointly caring for the child, upon the primary residential parent. In cases before the juvenile court where the department of children's services is a party or where a guardian ad litem has been appointed for the child by the juvenile court, the petition may be filed on behalf of the unemancipated person by the department or the guardian ad litem.   [Deleted by 2018 amendment.]   Venue for a petition for an order of protection, and all other matters relating to orders of protection, shall be in the county where the respondent resides or the county in which the domestic abuse, stalking or sexual assault occurred. If the respondent is not a resident of Tennessee, the petition may be filed in the county where the petitioner resides.
TN Code § 36-3-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 6 - Domestic Abuse|§ 36-3-603. Duration of Protection Order — Petition for Protection Order in Divorce Action

  If an order of protection is in effect at the time either the petitioner or respondent files a complaint for divorce, the order of protection shall remain in effect until the court to which the divorce action is assigned:  Modifies the order;   Dissolves the order; or   Makes the order part of the divorce decree.     If the court modifies the order or makes the order of protection part of the divorce decree, the court shall issue a separate order of protection.   The clerk shall immediately forward a copy of any order of protection issued and any subsequent modifications to the petitioner, respondent, and the local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in the area where the petitioner resides in the manner provided by § 36-3-609(e).   Nothing in this section shall prohibit a petitioner from requesting relief under this part in a divorce action.
TN Code § 36-3-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 6 - Domestic Abuse|§ 36-3-604. Forms

   The office of the clerk of court shall provide forms that may be necessary to seek a protection order under this part. 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 clerk may obtain the most current forms by printing them from the website of the administrative office of the courts.   The petitioner is not limited to the use of these forms and may present to the court any legally sufficient petition in whatever form. 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, by indicating where the petitioner's name shall be filled in, by reading through the petition form with the petitioner, and by rendering any other assistance that is necessary for the filing of the petition. All such petitions that are filed pro se shall be liberally construed procedurally in favor of the petitioner.     The administrative office of the courts, in consultation with the domestic violence coordinating council, shall develop a petition for orders of protection form, an amended order of protection form, an ex parte order of protection form and other forms that are found to be necessary and advisable. These forms shall be revised as the laws relative to orders of protection and ex parte orders of protection are amended by the general assembly. To the extent possible, the forms shall be uniform with those promulgated by surrounding states so that Tennessee forms may be afforded full faith and credit.   The administrative office of the courts shall revise the petition for an order of protection form to fully advise the respondent of this part in language substantially similar to the following:  If the order of protection is granted in a manner that fully complies with 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), the respondent is required to terminate physical possession by any lawful means, such as transferring possession to a third party who is not prohibited from possessing firearms, of all firearms that the respondent possesses within forty-eight (48) hours of the granting of the order;   It is a criminal offense for a person subject to an order of protection that fully complies with 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), to possess a firearm while that order is in effect; and   The issuance of an order of protection may terminate or, at least, suspend the individual's right to purchase or possess a firearm.     These forms shall be used exclusively in all courts exercising jurisdiction over orders of protection.
TN Code § 36-3-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 6 - Domestic Abuse|§ 36-3-607. Bond Not Required

 The court shall not require the execution of a bond by the petitioner to issue any order of protection under this part.
TN Code § 36-3-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 6 - Domestic Abuse|§ 36-3-608. Duration of Protection Order — Modification

  All orders of protection shall be effective for a fixed period of time, not to exceed one (1) year.   The court may modify its order at any time upon subsequent motion filed by either party together with an affidavit showing a change in circumstances sufficient to warrant the modification.
TN Code § 36-3-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 6 - Domestic Abuse|§ 36-3-609. Effectiveness of Order of Protection — Service

  If the respondent has been served with a copy of the petition, notice of hearing, and any ex parte order issued pursuant to § 36-3-605(c), any subsequent order of protection shall be effective when the order is entered. For purposes of this section, an order shall be considered entered when such order is signed by:  The judge and all parties or counsel;   The judge and one party or counsel and contains a certificate of counsel that a copy of the proposed order has been served on all other parties or counsel; or   The judge and contains a certificate of the clerk that a copy has been served on all other parties or counsel.     As used in subsection (a), service upon a party or counsel shall be made by delivering to such party or counsel a copy of the order of protection, or by the clerk mailing it to the party's last known address. In the event the party's last known address is unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry, the certificate of service shall so state. Service by mail is complete upon mailing. In order to complete service of process in a timely manner on a party who lives outside the county where the order was issued, the clerk may transmit the order to the sheriff in the appropriate county by facsimile or other electronic transmission.   Notwithstanding when an order is considered entered under subsection (a), if the court finds that the protection of the petitioner so requires, the court may order, in the manner provided by law or rule, that the order of protection take effect immediately.   If the respondent has been served with a copy of the petition, notice of hearing, and any ex parte order issued pursuant to § 36-3-605(c), an order of protection issued pursuant to this part after a hearing shall be in full force and effect against the respondent from the time it is entered regardless of whether the respondent is present at the hearing.   A copy of any order of protection and any subsequent modifications or dismissal shall be issued to the petitioner, the respondent, the local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction in the area where the petitioner resides, and any court other than the issuing court in which the respondent and petitioner are parties to an action. The petitioner and respondent shall notify the judge of any such court. Upon receipt of the copy of the order of protection or dismissal from the issuing court or clerk's office, the local law enforcement agency shall take any necessary action to immediately transmit it to the national crime information center.
TN Code § 36-3-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Marriage|Part 6 - Domestic Abuse|§ 36-3-611. Arrest for Violation of Protection Order

  An arrest for violation of an order of protection issued pursuant to this part may be with or without warrant. Any law enforcement officer shall arrest the respondent without a warrant if:  The officer has proper jurisdiction over the area in which the violation occurred;   The officer has reasonable cause to believe the respondent has violated or is in violation of an order for protection; and   The officer has verified whether an order of protection is in effect against the respondent. If necessary, the police officer may verify the existence of an order for protection by telephone or radio communication with the appropriate law enforcement department.     No ex parte order of protection can be enforced by arrest under this section until the respondent has been served with the order of protection or otherwise has acquired actual knowledge of such order.