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TN Code § 36-4-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-128. Remarriage After Spouse's Two-Year Absence — Effect of Spouse's Return

  If, upon a false rumor, apparently well founded, of the death of one (1) of the parties, who has been absent two (2) whole years, the other party marries again, the party remaining single may, upon returning, insist upon a restoration of conjugal rights or upon a dissolution of the marriage, and the court shall decree accordingly, to wit: that the first marriage shall stand and the second be dissolved, or vice versa.   Such bill or petition shall be filed within one (1) year after the return.    Code 1858, § 2461 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 8); Shan., § 4214; Code 1932, § 8439; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-833.
TN Code § 36-4-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-129. Stipulated Grounds And/or Defenses — Grant of Divorce

  In all actions for divorce from the bonds of matrimony or legal separation the parties may stipulate as to grounds and/or defenses.   The court may, upon stipulation to or proof of any ground of divorce pursuant to § 36-4-101, grant a divorce to the party who was less at fault or, if either or both parties are entitled to a divorce or if a divorce is to be granted on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, declare the parties to be divorced, rather than awarding a divorce to either party alone.
TN Code § 36-4-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-130. Mediation — Confidentiality of Information and Documents

  When the parties to a divorce action mediate the dispute, the mediator shall not divulge information disclosed to the mediator by the parties or by others in the course of mediation. All records, reports, and other documents developed for the mediation are confidential and privileged.   Communications made during a mediation may be disclosed only:  When all parties to the mediation agree, in writing, to waive the confidentiality of the written information;   In a subsequent action between the mediator and a party to the mediation for damages arising out of the mediation;   When statements, memoranda, materials and other tangible evidence are otherwise subject to discovery and were not prepared specifically for use in and actually used in the mediation;   When the parties to the mediation are engaged in litigation with a third party and the court determines that fairness to the third party requires that the fact or substance of an agreement resulting from mediation be disclosed; or   When the disclosure reveals abuse or neglect of a child by one (1) of the parties.     The mediator shall not be compelled to testify in any proceeding, unless all parties to the mediation and the mediator agree in writing.
TN Code § 36-4-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-131. Mediation — Waiver or Extension — Domestic Abuse

  Except as provided in subsections (b), (c) and (d), in any proceeding for divorce or separate maintenance, the court shall order the parties to participate in mediation.   The court may waive or extend mediation pursuant to subsection (a) for reasons including, but not limited to:  Any factor codified in § 36-6-409(4);   Either party is unable to afford the cost of the mediation, unless the cost is waived or subsidized by the state or if the cost of mediation would be an unreasonable burden on either or both of the parties;   The parties have entered into a written marital dissolution agreement or an agreed order resolving all of the pending issues in the divorce, except as provided in subsection (c);   The parties have participated in a settlement conference presided over by the court or a special master;   The court finds a substantial likelihood that mediation will result in an impasse; or   For other cause found sufficient by the court.     If the ground for the divorce is irreconcilable differences and the parties have filed with the court a properly executed marital dissolution agreement, and if there are minor children of the marriage, a properly executed parenting plan, the court shall not require the parties to attend mediation.    In any proceeding for divorce or separate support and maintenance, if an order of protection issued in or recognized by this state is in effect or there is a court finding of domestic abuse or any criminal conviction involving domestic abuse within the marriage that is the subject of the proceeding for divorce or separate support and maintenance, the court may order mediation or refer either party to mediation, only if:  Mediation is agreed to by the victim of the alleged domestic or family violence;   Mediation is provided by a certified mediator who is trained in domestic and family violence in a specialized manner that protects the safety of the victim; and   The victim is permitted to have in attendance at mediation a supporting person of the victim's choice, including, but not limited to, an attorney or advocate. No victim may provide monetary compensation to a nonattorney advocate for attendance at mediation.     Mediation conducted pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) shall be concluded and a report provided to the court no later than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the complaint for divorce was filed.
TN Code § 36-4-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-132. Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem

  In an action for dissolution of marriage involving minor children, upon its own motion or upon the motion of either party, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem for any minor child of the marriage.   The reasonable fees or costs of the guardian ad litem shall be borne by the parties and may be assessed by the court as it deems equitable. Such fees or costs may be waived upon motion for an indigent person.   Any guardian ad litem appointed by the court pursuant to this section shall be presumed to be acting in good faith and in so doing shall be immune from any liability that might otherwise be incurred while acting within the scope of such appointment. Such immunity shall apply in all proceedings in which such guardian ad litem may act.
TN Code § 36-4-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-133. Compliance With Notice of Insurance Termination Provisions Required

 On and after January 1, 2007, before entering an order or decree for a divorce or a legal separation under this title, the court shall determine that the appropriate spouse has complied with § 56-7-2366, if applicable. If the court determines that the notification process has not been followed, then the court shall consider requiring the insured or covered individual to provide a health care insurance policy for the former spouse.
TN Code § 36-4-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-134. Notice That the Decree Does Not Necessarily Affect the Ability of a Creditor to Proceed Against a Party or a Party's Property

  Every final decree of divorce granted on any fault ground of divorce and every marital dissolution agreement shall contain a notice that the decree does not necessarily affect the ability of a creditor to proceed against a party or a party's property, even though the party is not responsible under the terms of the decree for an account, any debt associated with an account or any debt. The notice shall also state that it may be in a party's best interest to cancel, close or freeze any jointly held accounts.   Failure to include the notice required by subsection (a) shall not affect the validity of the decree of divorce, legal separation or annulment.
TN Code § 36-4-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment|§ 36-4-135. 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, the reasonable attorney's fees, discretionary costs and other costs incurred by the wrongly accused party in defending against the false allegation.
TN Code § 37-11-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Offender Surcharges|§ 37-11-101. Legislative Findings and Intent

 The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the commission of violent crimes by juveniles exacts an unacceptable toll on the fiscal resources of both state and local governments and thereby increases the financial burden upon the taxpayers of this state. It is the intent of the general assembly in enacting this chapter to require, as much as possible, that juveniles convicted as adults of violent crimes pay for the cost of the rehabilitation, education, and treatment of juveniles sentenced to the youthful offender system or committed to the department of correction.
TN Code § 37-11-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Offender Surcharges|§ 37-11-102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Convicted” and “conviction” means a plea of guilty or a verdict of guilty by a judge or jury, and includes a plea of no contest accepted by the court;   “Juvenile” means a person under eighteen (18) years of age; and   “Violent crime” means a felony enumerated as a violent crime under § 40-35-118 or a felony involving a weapon or firearm.
TN Code § 37-11-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 37 - Juveniles|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Offender Surcharges|§ 37-11-103. Disposition of Juvenile Fines — Youthful Offender System Fund

  Each juvenile who is convicted as an adult of a violent crime shall be required to pay any fine imposed by the court to the clerk of such court, who shall allocate the fine as follows:  Five percent (5%) shall be retained by the clerk for administrative costs incurred pursuant to this section. Such amount retained shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund, and such amount shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly for the costs of such administration;   Ninety-five percent (95%) shall be transferred to the state treasurer who shall credit the same to the youthful offender system fund created pursuant to subsection (b).     There is hereby created in the state treasury a youthful offender system fund, which shall consist of moneys received by the state treasurer pursuant to subdivision (a)(2). In accordance with § 8-22-118, all interest derived from the deposit and investment of this fund shall be credited to the general fund. Any moneys not appropriated by the general assembly shall remain in the youthful offender system fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year. All moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the division of youth services in the department of correction to cover the direct and indirect costs associated with the rehabilitation, education, and treatment of juvenile offenders committed to the department.
TN Code § 38-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 2 - Self Defense|§ 38-2-101. Lawful Resistance — by Whom Made

 Lawful resistance to the commission of a public offense may be made by the party about to be injured, or by others.   Code 1858, § 4928; Shan., § 6889; Code 1932, § 11413; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-101.
TN Code § 38-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 2 - Self Defense|§ 38-2-102. Resistance by Party About to Be Injured

 Resistance sufficient to prevent the offense may be made by the party about to be injured to prevent an:   Offense against the party's person; or   Illegal attempt by force to take or injure property in the party's lawful possession.    Code 1858, § 4929; Shan., § 6890; Code 1932, § 11414; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-102.
TN Code § 38-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 2 - Self Defense|§ 38-2-103. Resistance by Others

 Any other person, in aid or defense of the person about to be injured, may make resistance sufficient to prevent the offense.   Code 1858, § 4930; Shan., § 6891; Code 1932, § 11415; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-103.
TN Code § 38-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-101. Methods of Preventing Offenses

 Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice by:   Requiring security to keep the peace; and   Suppressing riots, unlawful assemblies and breaches of the peace.    Code 1858, § 4931; Shan., § 6892; Code 1932, § 11416; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-201.
TN Code § 38-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-102. Duties of Sheriff

  The sheriff is the principal conservator of the peace in the sheriff's county. It is the sheriff's duty to suppress all affrays, riots, routs, unlawful assemblies, insurrections, or other breaches of the peace, to do which the sheriff may summon to such sheriff's aid as many of the inhabitants of the county as such sheriff thinks proper.   It shall be the duty of the sheriffs, in their respective counties, by themselves or deputies, to patrol the roads of the county, to ferret out crimes, to secure evidence of crimes, and to apprehend and arrest criminals.    Code 1858, § 4933; Shan., § 6894; Code 1932, § 11418; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-202; Acts 2005, ch. 142, § 2.
TN Code § 38-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-103. Other Conservators of the Peace

 The judicial and ministerial officers of justice in the state, and the mayor, aldermen, marshals and police of cities and towns, and the director, commissioner, or similar head of any metropolitan or municipal police department, whether elected or appointed, are also conservators of the peace, and are required to aid in the prevention and suppression of public offenses, and for this purpose may act with all the power of the sheriff.   Code 1858, § 4934; Shan., § 6895; Code 1932, § 11419; Acts 1968, ch. 434, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-203.
TN Code § 38-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-104. Officers May Command Aid

 All officers authorized to execute judicial process, who find, or have reason to apprehend, that resistance will be made to the execution of judicial process, may command the aid of the inhabitants as prescribed in § 38-3-102 for suppressing riots.   Code 1858, § 4935; Shan., § 6896; Code 1932, § 11420.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Employer's Wrongful Discharge and the Union's Breach of the Duty of Fair Representation — Does Tennessee Need a Statute of Limitations? (Marsha H. Ashlock), 20 No. 2 Tenn. B.J. 15 (1984).
TN Code § 38-3-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-105. Acts by Persons Aiding Officers

 Whenever the officers of justice are authorized to act in the prevention of public offenses, other persons who, by command of the officers of justice, act in aid of the officers of justice, are justified in so doing.   Code 1858, § 4932; Shan., § 6893; Code 1932, § 11417; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-205.
TN Code § 38-3-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-106. Refusal to Obey Command to Aid Officers

 Any person commanded to aid, under this chapter, any magistrate or officer, who without good cause refuses or neglects to obey such command, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 4937; Shan., § 6898; Code 1932, § 11422; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-206; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 38-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-107. Neglect of Duty by Officer

 Any magistrate or officer, having notice of any unlawful act provided against in this chapter, who neglects or refuses to do the magistrate's or officer's duty in the prevention of the public offense commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 4938; Shan., § 6899; Code 1932, § 11423; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-207; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 38-3-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-108. Duty to Arrest

 It is the duty of all peace officers who know, or have reason to suspect, any person of being armed with the intention of committing a riot or affray, or of assaulting, wounding, or killing another person, or of otherwise breaking the peace, to arrest such person immediately, and take such person before the court of general sessions.   Code 1858, § 4939 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 19, § 1); Shan., § 6900; Code 1932, § 11424; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-208.
TN Code § 38-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-109. Bond to Keep the Peace

 A person arrested pursuant to § 38-3-108 shall be required to give bond in not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), with good security, to keep the peace; and, on failing or refusing so to give the required bail, the person shall be committed to jail until bail is given, or the person is otherwise discharged according to law.   Code 1858, § 4940 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 19, §§ 1, 5); Shan., § 6901; Code 1932, § 11425; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-209.
TN Code § 38-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-110. Form of Bond — Scire Facias Upon Forfeiture

 The bonds required to be given by § 38-3-109 shall be made payable to the state, filed in the office of the circuit or criminal court clerk, and, upon forfeiture, the district attorney general shall cause scire facias to issue on the forfeiture, and the amount collected by the sheriff shall be paid to the county trustee for county purposes.   Code 1858, § 4942 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 19, § 3); Shan., § 6903; Code 1932, § 11427; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-210.
TN Code § 38-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-111. Officer Failing to Perform Duties Prescribed in §§ 38-3-108, 38-3-109

 Any peace officer who knowingly fails or refuses to perform the duties required by § 38-3-108 or § 38-3-109 commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 4941 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 19, § 6); Shan., § 6902; Code 1932, § 11426; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-211; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 38-3-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-112. Power of Governor to Order Posse or Military Force From Other County

 If it appears to the governor that the power of any county is not sufficient to enable the sheriff to execute process delivered to that sheriff, the governor may, on the application of the sheriff, order a posse or military force as is necessary from any other county or counties.   Code 1858, § 4936; Shan., § 6897; Code 1932, § 11421; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-212.   Collateral References.   Power to declare martial law apart from military occupation or operations. 24 A.L.R. 1183.
TN Code § 38-3-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-113. Federal Officers Making Arrests for Nonfederal Offenses

 A sworn federal law enforcement officer, who in official capacity is authorized by law to make arrests, shall, when making an arrest in this state for a nonfederal offense, have the same legal status and immunity from suit as a state or local law enforcement officer if the arrest is made under the following circumstances:   The officer reasonably believes that the person arrested has committed a felony in the officer's presence or is committing a felony in the officer's presence;   The officer reasonably believes the person arrested has committed a misdemeanor that amounts to a breach of the peace in the officer's presence or is committing such a misdemeanor in the officer's presence; or   The officer is rendering assistance to a law enforcement officer of this state in an emergency or at the request of the officer.
TN Code § 38-3-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime|Chapter 3 - Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses|§ 38-3-114. Acting as Peace Officers for the Office of Homeland Security

  The office of homeland security may apply to the commissioner of safety, to commission such number of its officers who directly support state, federal, and local law enforcement activities involved in countering or responding to acts of terrorism, as the office shall designate, to act as peace officers for the office of homeland security.   The commissioner, upon such application, may appoint such person as the office of homeland security designates, or as many people as the governor deems proper to be such peace officers, and shall give commissions to those appointed.   Each such officer, throughout every county in the state, shall have and exercise, for the sole purpose of carrying out the scope of assigned duties as specified or limited within the exclusive judgment of the office of homeland security, all the powers of a peace officer, including the power to make arrests for public offenses anywhere in the state. Further, such officers may serve process in criminal and penal prosecutions for such offenses, and shall have authority to carry weapons for the reasonable purposes of their offices and while in the performance of their assigned duties.   The keepers of jails in any county or municipality where a violation occurs, for which any such arrest is made by an officer of the homeland security office, shall receive all persons arrested by such officers to be dealt with according to law, and persons so arrested shall be received by keepers of jails on the same basis and shall have the same status as prisoners arrested by any other law enforcement officer.   Every officer so appointed shall, when on duty, have in the officer's possession a badge and identification card identifying the officer as an officer of the office of homeland security, and the officer shall exhibit the badge and identification card on demand and before making an arrest within a reasonable time.   When the office of homeland security no longer requires the services of the peace officer so appointed, it shall file a notice to that effect with the commissioner's office. Thereupon, the powers of such peace officer shall cease and terminate.   Homeland security officers appointed under this section must complete appropriate initial training and recurrent law enforcement training substantially equivalent to the requirements of the Tennessee peace officers standards and training commission.