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TN Code § 17-2-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 1 - Special Judges|§ 17-2-118. Substitute Judges

  If, for good cause, including, but not limited to, by reason of illness, physical incapacitation, vacation or absence from the city or judicial district on a matter related to the judge's judicial office, the judge of a state or county trial court of record is unable to hold court, the judge shall appoint a substitute judge to hold court, preside and adjudicate.   A substitute judge shall possess all of the qualifications of a judge of the court in which the substitute is appointed.   No substitute judge may be appointed for a period of more than three (3) days; provided, that the judge appointed pursuant to this section may finish any trial that is commenced during the period of appointment.   A substitute judge appointed pursuant to this section shall have no authority to award fees except those that are statutory.   A substitute judge shall not preside over a cause without a consent form signed by all litigants who are present at the beginning of the proceeding. The consent form shall plainly state that the substitute judge has not been duly elected by the citizens of the judicial district or appointed by the governor but has been appointed pursuant to this section. Further, the consent form shall include the name of the lawyer appointed as substitute judge, the judge of the court in which the substitute judge is sitting, the date for which the substitute judge was appointed and the reason for the regular judge's absence. The consent form shall be transmitted and maintained on file for public inspection at the administrative office of the courts in Nashville.    Subsections (a)-(e) shall not apply where a judge finds it necessary to be absent from holding court and appoints as a substitute judge:  A duly elected or appointed judge of any inferior court; or   A full-time officer of the judicial system under the judge's supervision whose duty it is to perform judicial functions, such as a juvenile magistrate, a child support magistrate or clerk and master, who is a licensed attorney in good standing with the Tennessee supreme court. The judicial officer shall only serve as special judge in matters related to that officer's duties as a judicial officer.     Notwithstanding subsections (a)-(e), a judge shall have the authority to appoint a substitute judge as provided in subdivision (f)(1).
TN Code § 17-2-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 1 - Special Judges|§ 17-2-119. Contested Elections — Temporary Judge

 The governor shall appoint a temporary judge, chancellor or district attorney general in all cases where a contest arises in the election of any of those officers, and they shall hold the offices, and have all the powers and jurisdiction pertaining to the offices, until the contest is judicially determined and the regularly elected officers are duly qualified and commissioned; and they are clothed with the same power, and shall receive the same compensation, as is allowed the officer in other cases, to be paid out of the state treasury upon a warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 17-2-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 1 - Special Judges|§ 17-2-120. Oath of Special Judge

 Every special judge, before entering on the duties of the judge's appointment, shall take an oath before the clerk of the court to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of Tennessee, and also the following oath of office: “I, A B, solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal rights to the poor and the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent upon me as a judge to the best of my abilities.”
TN Code § 17-2-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 1 - Special Judges|§ 17-2-121. Retired or Former Judges in Certain Civil Cases — Courtrooms — Process — Manner of Trial

  If the trial of a civil case is expected to be complex, lengthy or the litigants, for any reason, desire the matter to be disposed of in an expeditious manner, the litigants may, upon joint motion of all parties to the action and with the consent of the appropriate judge, agree to employ a retired or former judge to hear the case.   The administrative director of the courts shall compile a list of all retired or former Tennessee trial level judges who are willing to sit in special cases pursuant to subsection (a) and the particular expertise of each judge, if any. Upon compiling the list, the administrative director of the courts shall distribute the list to every active trial level judge with civil jurisdiction in this state.   When the litigants in a civil case agree to employ a retired or former judge pursuant to subsection (a), they shall approach the judge to whom the case was originally assigned. Upon explaining the nature of the litigation, the judge shall give the parties the names of three (3) retired or former judges available to hear the case. If three (3) retired or former judges are not available, the judge shall give them the names of the judges who are available. Where possible, the judge shall match the expertise of the retired or former judge to the particular case in question.   It shall be the duty of the litigants to decide which retired or former judge to contact, contact the judge, and make all necessary arrangements for the place, date and time of the trial. It shall also be the responsibility of the litigants to compensate the retired or former judge in accordance with § 17-2-106. The clerks and other courthouse officials shall cooperate in helping the litigants find a suitable courtroom for the trial of the case. If no courtroom is available, the case may be tried in any location agreeable to the litigants and retired or former judge.   Process, subpoenas and all other matters relating to the trial of the case shall be governed by the Tennessee rules of civil procedure. The case shall be tried without a jury and in the same manner as other civil cases.   Upon the conclusion of the trial, the retired or former judge shall submit the judge's finding to the judge of the court to which the case was originally assigned. The finding of the retired or former judge shall become the finding of the court and judgment may be entered thereon in the same manner as if the case had been tried by that court. The finding of the retired or former judge and the judgment of the court may be appealed in the same manner as in any other civil case and shall be governed by the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.
TN Code § 17-2-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 1 - Special Judges|§ 17-2-122. Failure of Judge to Attend — Selection of Special Judge

  Notwithstanding § 16-15-209 or § 17-2-109 or any other relevant provision to the contrary, a judge shall have the authority to appoint a special judge as provided in this section.   Sections 16-15-209 and 17-2-109 and any other relevant provision shall not apply where a judge finds it necessary to be absent from holding court and appoints as a substitute judge an officer of the judicial system under the judge's supervision whose duty it is to perform judicial functions, such as a juvenile magistrate, a child support magistrate or clerk and master, who is a licensed attorney in good standing with the Tennessee supreme court. The judicial officer shall only serve as special judge in matters related to their duties as judicial officer.
TN Code § 17-2-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 2 - Interchange|§ 17-2-201. Purpose

 The purpose of this part is to ensure that existing judicial resources are utilized to the fullest extent and that no additional judicial resources are created until uniform caseload statistics are developed that will establish a priority for the need for additional judges.
TN Code § 17-2-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 2 - Interchange|§ 17-2-202. Duty to Interchange

  Each state trial court judge has an affirmative duty to interchange if:  A judge has died or is unable to hold court;   Two (2) or more judges have agreed to a mutually convenient interchange; or   [Deleted by 2012 amendment.]   The chief justice of the supreme court has assigned by order a judge to another court pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 11.     A failure to comply with an interchange order of the supreme court is a judicial offense under § 17-5-301(j)(1)(B). The chief justice shall report such failure to comply immediately to the presiding judge of the board of judicial conduct. The clerk of the supreme court shall maintain such reports for public inspection.
TN Code § 17-2-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 2 - Interchange|§ 17-2-206. Powers on Interchange

 In all such cases, the judge or chancellor holding court in the circuit or division of another, shall have the same power and jurisdiction as the judge or chancellor in whose place the judge or chancellor is acting.   Code 1858, § 3918 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 2); Shan., § 5711; Code 1932, § 9897; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-212.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
TN Code § 17-2-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 2 - Interchange|§ 17-2-207. Interchange by Special Judges

 A person appointed and commissioned under §§ 17-2-116 and 17-2-117 shall have the same power to interchange with other judges and chancellors as the regular official in whose place the person is appointed and commissioned to act.   Code 1858, § 3929; Shan., § 5727; Code 1932, § 9916; Acts 1959, ch. 150, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-224.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
TN Code § 17-2-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 2 - Interchange|§ 17-2-208. Interchange of General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judges

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, judges of courts of general sessions and juvenile courts may interchange with each other whenever causes exist making an interchange necessary or for mutual convenience. The interchanging judge shall not be required to be a resident of the county of the judge for whom such judge is sitting, but must otherwise possess the same qualifications as such judge.
TN Code § 17-2-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 2 - Interchange|§ 17-2-209. Interchange in Certain Divorce Actions

  In counties with a population of over seven hundred thousand (700,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the general sessions judges may sit by interchange as a circuit court judge or chancellor for the exclusive purpose of hearing and deciding uncontested and irreconcilable differences in divorce cases.   When the circuit court clerk or clerk and master determines that a pending divorce action is uncontested as to all material facts or issues, or when the clerk determines that the ground relied upon in a pending divorce action is irreconcilable differences between the parties pursuant to § 36-4-101, the clerk may so certify such determinations to the circuit court judge or chancellor.   The circuit court judge or chancellor may designate that a general sessions judge sit by interchange to hear and decide any divorce action determined by the clerk to be uncontested or based upon irreconcilable differences. Any decree entered by a general sessions judge sitting by interchange pursuant to this section shall be considered a decree of the circuit or chancery court and any petitions for modification of the decree shall be filed in the circuit or chancery court. All appeals from the decision of a general sessions judge sitting by interchange pursuant to this section shall be taken in the same manner as if the circuit judge or chancellor rendered the decision.
TN Code § 17-2-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Senior Judge Enabling Act of 1990.”
TN Code § 17-2-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-302. Requests for Senior Designation

  Any former supreme court justice, judge of an intermediate appellate court or judge of a state court of record who has at least eight (8) years of creditable service as a state justice or judge may request to be designated as a senior justice or judge.   Requests for senior designation shall be filed with the administrative director of the courts and shall be accompanied by:  Evidence that the justice or judge does not suffer from a permanent physical or mental disability that would substantially interfere with the performance of the justice's or judge's duties;   A written agreement that the justice or judge will not engage in the practice of law while serving as a senior justice or judge;   A written agreement that the justice or judge will be available to perform judicial duties for at least an aggregate period of thirty (30) weeks out of each successive twelve-month period;   A written agreement that the justice or judge will continue to file the disclosure statements required by title 8, chapter 50, part 5 during the justice's or judge's tenure as a senior justice or judge;   A written agreement that the justice or judge will abide by the code of judicial conduct; and   A duly executed oath of office, taken in the manner prescribed in § 17-1-104, stating:  “I,  , do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Tennessee, and that I will administer justice without respect of persons and impartially discharge to the best of my ability all the duties of the office of senior justice (or judge) of the state of Tennessee on which I am about to enter.”
TN Code § 17-2-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-303. Issuance of Commission — Term

  The supreme court is authorized to appoint senior judges only after it has made an affirmative finding that the effective administration of justice in one (1) or more judicial districts requires additional judicial resources.    If the supreme court, at its discretion, determines that a former justice or judge is physically and mentally capable of performing valuable judicial service on a continuing basis and that the justice's or judge's service will promote the effective administration of justice, then the supreme court shall cause an appropriate commission to be issued under its seal for the period provided in subsection (c); provided, that such commission shall be issued only to a former justice or judge who left the justice's or judge's most recent term of judicial service in good standing with the board of judicial conduct or any successor to the board.   Except as provided in subdivision (b)(3), no such commission shall be issued to any former justice or judge who, during the justice's or judge's most recent term of judicial service, sought reelection or retention but was defeated in the reelection or retention bid.   Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(2), if the election following the most recent term of judicial service for a judge in a state court of record results in the judge not being reelected, the judge is authorized to be issued a commission if the judge has been elected at least twice and served at least two (2) full eight-year terms.     The supreme court's designation shall be for a term of four (4) years unless the justice or judge has reached seventy (70) years of age, whereupon the term of the designation shall be for two (2) years or for any shorter period deemed proper by the supreme court. Senior justices and judges shall be eligible for reappointment.   The supreme court's decision with regard to the initial designation or the renewal of senior designation is final and cannot be reviewed in any manner.
TN Code § 17-2-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-304. Assignment — Powers, Duties and Immunities

  The chief justice may, with the senior justice's or judge's consent, assign the senior justice or judge to any state court.   The assignment of a senior justice or judge shall be made by an order that designates the court to which the judge is assigned and the duration of the assignment. Promptly after the assignment of a senior justice or judge, the clerk of the supreme court in the grand division to which the assignment is made shall cause a certified copy of the order to be sent to the senior justice or judge and another certified copy to the presiding judge of the court to which the justice or judge is assigned.   A senior justice or judge assigned as provided in this section has all the powers, duties and immunities while serving under the assignment of a regularly elected and qualified justice or judge of the court to which the senior justice or judge has been assigned. Without assignment, senior justices and judges may perform routine ministerial acts, including the solemnization of marriages and the administering of oaths, but shall not admit to bail any person accused of a crime.   A senior justice or judge who has sat by designation and assignment on any court may, notwithstanding the expiration of the designation and assignment, decide or join in the decision and final disposition of all matters submitted to the justice or judge during the period of the assignment and may decide or join in the consideration and disposition of petitions for rehearing or further proceedings in the matters, including matters relating to cases on appeal.
TN Code § 17-2-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-306. Termination of Senior Status

  Certification as a senior justice or judge shall terminate upon the expiration of the commission issued by the supreme court, except that the certification shall terminate earlier when any of the following occurs:  The senior justice or judge requests termination of the status;   The board of judicial conduct so orders;   The senior justice or judge declines more than three (3) assignments pursuant to § 17-2-304(a) without good cause within any calendar year; or   The supreme court, after affording the senior justice or judge notice and an opportunity to respond, determines that the senior justice or judge has failed to meet or to abide by any of the requirements of § 17-2-302(b). Senior justices or judges aggrieved by the supreme court's decision shall have the right to request that the decision be reviewed by the board of judicial conduct. After reviewing the supreme court's decision, the board of judicial conduct shall state its findings and may make recommendations to the supreme court.     Termination of senior status for any reason shall not affect the amount of any retirement or other benefit to which the senior justice or judge would be otherwise entitled.
TN Code § 17-2-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-307. Conclusion of Law Practice

 A former justice or judge who is engaged in the practice of law at the time of designation as a senior justice or judge shall conclude all legal practice as soon as practicable on a timetable approved by the chief justice. The chief justice may, if warranted, withhold the issuance of the senior justice's or judge's commission pending resolution of all or any part of the former justice's or judge's practice.
TN Code § 17-2-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-308. Provisions of Part Supplemental

  This part is intended to be in addition to and supplemental to this chapter and §§ 8-36-806 and 16-3-502(2) and shall not be construed to supersede these provisions as they exist on January 1, 1991.   In the case of conflict between this part and any other statute, this part will control and shall not be used to supplant or replace an existing judge or an additional judge who is to be elected pursuant to § 16-2-505.
TN Code § 17-2-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange|Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act|§ 17-2-309. Consultations Regarding Appointments

  The supreme court shall advise and consult with the chairs of the judiciary and finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives and the judiciary and finance, ways and means committees of the senate and with the commissioner of finance and administration whenever it has reason to believe that the effective administration of justice requires the appointment of one (1) or more senior justices or judges.   [Deleted by 2016 amendment].   [Deleted by 2016 amendment].
TN Code § 17-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 3 - Conferences|Part 1 - Judicial Conferences|§ 17-3-101. Creation — Membership

  There is created a judicial conference for the state whose membership shall consist of all judges of courts of records whose salary is paid in whole or in part out of the state treasury, including retired judges.   There shall also be included in the membership of the judicial conference active and retired judges who are licensed attorneys at law of all probate courts created by private acts of the state, in counties having a population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more, according to the federal census of 1960 and any subsequent census.
TN Code § 17-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors|Chapter 3 - Conferences|Part 1 - Judicial Conferences|§ 17-3-102. Attorney General as Advisor

 The attorney general and reporter shall be an ex officio member of the conference and act as its legal advisor.