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TN Code § 36-5-3006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3006. Duties and Powers of Transferee Clerk and Transferee Court

  A transferee court, upon receipt of the transferred documents from the transferor court shall assign a docket number to the case and establish a case file, and shall create a child support payment record, unless the case is being enforced under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), in which case the department's child support computer system, if operative for the transferor and transferee court at the time of the transfer, shall be used as the child support payment record and the clerk shall not be required to create a separate child support payment record.   A transferred order of child support or custody is enforceable and modifiable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as if the order had been originally issued by the transferee court.    Upon receipt of the certified payment record from the transferor court, the transferee court shall admit the certified copy as evidence of payments made or not made. Testimony of the record keeper from the transferor court shall not be required. If the case is being enforced under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act the department's child support computer system, if operative for the transferor and transferee court at the time of the transfer, shall be used as the child support payment record, and no further evidence of the record keeper shall be required.   The certified copy of the custody and parental access or visitation orders shall be admitted as evidence of the current custodial and parental access or visitation status of the child without testimony of the record keeper of the transferor court.
TN Code § 36-5-3007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3007. Contest of Transfer

  A party may contest the transfer of the case by filing a motion in the transferor court for that purpose within fifteen (15) days of the mailing date of the notice from the requesting party. Unless it is shown by the nonrequesting party that notice of the request for transfer was not received, failure to contest the transfer request within the fifteen-day period waives an objection to the transfer request.   The contest of the transfer shall be limited to whether:  One (1) party or the child or children continue to reside in the transferor county;   The child or children have resided in the transferee county for at least six (6) months; or   In the case of a request for transfer alleging the child or children are residing outside this state:  The noncustodial parent/obligor resides in the county to which the case is to be transferred; or     If the child or children have not resided outside this state for at least six (6) months, the custodial parent/obligee objects to the transfer; or   The child or children and their custodial parent/obligee have resided outside this state for at least six (6) months.
TN Code § 36-5-3008 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3008. Acceptance of Transfer

 The transferee court shall accept the transfer and shall not have the discretion to refuse the transfer.
TN Code § 36-5-3009 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3009. Costs and Fees

  When a transfer request is made by the department of human services or its contractors, the fee and all taxes shall be waived for the department or its contractors.   Costs of court and for making copies and for providing certifications, fees and taxes shall be adjudged by the transferee court for both the clerks of the transferor court and the transferee court against the noncustodial parent/obligor and shall be apportioned between each clerk as to the costs, fees and taxes due for each clerk.   The clerk shall file any request for transfer and carry out the requirements of this part, even without receiving the appropriate fee for such request. If not paid, such sum shall be added to the cost bill to be assessed by the transferee court.
TN Code § 36-5-3101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3101. Purpose and Construction of Part

 The purpose of this part is to provide a procedure for the enforcement of support obligations arising under the law against an obligor without a transfer of jurisdiction to modify the order. This part shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
TN Code § 36-5-3102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise clearly requires:   “Clerk” means the clerk of the original or registering court, or the clerk of any court who has been designated by either of those courts to collect support payments for such court;   “Court” means a juvenile, circuit, or chancery court or other court of this state with jurisdiction to enter support or custody orders;   “Department” means the department of human services or its contractor;   “Issuing court” means the court that entered the order sought to be enforced in the registering court;   “Nonrequesting party” means the party against whom a registered order is sought to be enforced;   “Obligee” means an individual or agency to whom a support obligation is owed by an obligor;   “Obligor” means an individual against whom a support order has been entered; and   “Registering court” means the court in which a support order is registered for enforcement only.
TN Code § 36-5-3104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3104. Effect of Registration of Order

  A support order issued in another county is registered for enforcement pursuant to this part when the order is filed in the registering court and the requirements of § 36-5-3103(a) are met.   A registered order originally issued in another county is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a court of the registering county.   Except as otherwise provided in this part, a court of the registering county shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order.
TN Code § 36-5-3105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3105. Notice of Registration of Order

 When a support order issued in another county is registered, the registering court or the department in Title IV-D child support cases shall send the notice required by § 36-5-3103(a)(4) to the nonregistering party within two (2) days of the registration.
TN Code § 36-5-3106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3106. Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Order

  A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order pursuant to this part shall request a hearing within fifteen (15) days after the date of mailing of the notice of the registration. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages.   If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.   If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order, the registering court shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time and place of the hearing.
TN Code § 36-5-3107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3107. Contest of Registration or Enforcement

  A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:  The registered order was obtained by fraud;   The registered order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;   The issuing court has stayed the registered order pending appeal; or   The statement of arrears is incorrect.     If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (a), the court where the order is registered may stay enforcement of the registered order until the issues have been resolved by the court that issued the order. Any uncontested portion of the registered order may be enforced by all remedies available pursuant to law.   If a contesting party does not establish a defense pursuant to subsection (a) regarding the validity or enforcement of the order, the registering court shall issue an order confirming the order. An order confirming registration of the order is not required if no contest to the registration is made.
TN Code § 36-5-3108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3108. Effect of Confirmed Order

 Unless it is shown by the nonrequesting party that notice of the request for transfer was not received, confirmation of an order by operation of law or following a hearing precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
TN Code § 36-5-3109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3109. Rights of the Department of Human Services

 Whenever the department of human services is acting upon any application for Title IV-D services, whether by assignment of rights of support pursuant to § 71-3-124 or otherwise, it shall have the same right to invoke this part as the obligee who has made application for such services.
TN Code § 36-5-3110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3110. Disbursement of Collections

 In cases not subject to the centralized collection and disbursement unit pursuant to § 36-5-116, when the clerk of the court of the registering county collects the support that has been enforced by the court of the registering county pursuant to this part, the clerk shall send the support amount, less the statutory fee of the clerk, directly to the obligee, but the clerk shall not send the support amount to the issuing court from which the original order was issued and that was registered for enforcement pursuant to this part.
TN Code § 36-5-3111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction|§ 36-5-3111. Costs

  When an order is registered by the department of human services or its contractors, the fee shall be waived for the department or its contractors.   The respondent shall be liable for the costs of the issuing court and the registering court together with the required filing fee, upon the court finding the respondent liable for the failure to pay the support as required by the registered order. The costs shall be apportioned between the clerks of the issuing court and the registering court according to their fees, costs and the taxes due.   The clerk shall file any request for registration and carry out the requirements of this part, even without receiving the appropriate fee for such request. If not paid, such sum shall be added to the cost bill to be assessed by the registering court.
TN Code § 36-6-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-102. Custody, Visitation and Inheritance Rights Denied to Parent Convicted of Rape Where Child Conceived From Crime — Exception — Child Support Obligation

  Except as provided in subsection (b), any person who has been convicted of aggravated rape pursuant to § 39-13-502, rape pursuant to § 39-13-503, or rape of a child pursuant to § 39-13-522, from which crime a child was conceived shall not have custody or visitation rights, or the rights of inheritance with respect to that child.   The other parent of the child may waive the protection afforded under subsection (a) regarding visitation and request that the court grant reasonable visitation rights with the child if paternity has been acknowledged.   Unless waived by the other parent and, if contributing toward support of the child, the department of human services, a court shall establish a child support obligation against the father of the child pursuant to chapter 5, part 1 of this title.
TN Code § 36-6-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-103. Child's Medical Records

   A copy of a child's medical records shall be furnished by the treating physician or treating hospital upon a written request by any of the following:  The noncustodial parent;   In the case of parents having joint custody of a child, the parent with whom the child is not residing; or   In the case of a child in the custody of a legal guardian, then either parent.     Such request must contain the current address of the requesting party.   Upon receiving such a request, the treating physician or hospital shall send a copy of the medical records to the requesting party unless furnished with a court order closing the records.   All expenses for records shall be paid by the requesting party.     Any judge having jurisdiction over the custody of such child may close the medical records of the child to the requesting parent upon a showing that the best interests of the child will be harmed if the records are released.
TN Code § 36-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-104. Copy of Child's School Records — Furnishing to Noncustodial or Nonresident Parents

  Any parent who does not have custody of a child, or in the case of parents having joint custody of a child, the parent not residing with the child, or in the case of a child in the custody of a legal guardian, both parents, may request, in writing, that a copy of the child's report card, notice of school attendance, names of teachers, class schedules, standardized test scores and any other records customarily available to parents be furnished directly to such noncustodial or nonresident parent, and such request shall be accompanied by the parent's or parents' current mailing address, and the local education agency (LEA) shall send a copy of the report card, notice of school attendance, names of teachers, class schedules, standardized test scores and any other records customarily available to parents to such address.   The LEA shall provide proof of a child's graduation from high school to the department of human services, the department's contractor, or either of the child's parents within twenty (20) business days of the department's, the department's contractor, or the parent's or parents' written request for such proof. The LEA shall not include any information that would violate any provisions protecting the child's privacy, or § 36-5-101(c)(2)(B)(iv).   Any judge having jurisdiction over the custody of such a child may, upon a showing of good cause, deny any information concerning the residence of the child to the noncustodial or nonresident parent.
TN Code § 36-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-105. Schools or Day Care Centers — Change in Physical Custody of Child

 No school official shall permit a change in the physical custody of a child at such official's school or day care center unless:   The person seeking custody of the child presents the school official with a certified copy of a valid court order from a Tennessee court placing custody of such child in such person; and   The person seeking custody gives the school official reasonable advance notice of such person's intent to take custody of such child at such official's school or day care center.
TN Code § 36-6-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-107. Mediation in Cases Involving Domestic Abuse

  In any proceeding concerning the custody of a child, if an order of protection issued in or recognized by this state is in effect or if 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.     Where the court makes findings of child abuse or child sexual abuse under former § 36-6-106(a)(8), the court may only award visitation under circumstances that guarantee the safety of the child. In order to guarantee the safety of the child, the court may order:  That all visits be supervised by a responsible adult or agency, the costs to be primarily borne by the perpetrating parent;   That the perpetrating parent attend and complete a program of counseling or other intervention as a precondition to visitation;   That overnight visitation be prohibited until such time that the perpetrating parent has completed court ordered counseling or intervention, or otherwise demonstrated a change in circumstances that guarantees the safety of the child;   That the address of the child and the nonperpetrating parent be kept confidential; and   Any other conditions the court deems necessary and proper to guarantee the safety of the child.
TN Code § 36-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-109. Notice of Hearing

 If a parent or other suitable person is awarded sole or joint custody of a child by a court pursuant to this chapter; and   If such parent or person is subsequently arrested, confined or otherwise detained by law enforcement officials or a court of competent jurisdiction; and   If, as a result of the arrest, confinement or detainment of such parent or person, such child temporarily comes to the care and custody of the department of children's services or any public or private agency, institution or home providing shelter care as defined in § 37-1-102; then   Prior to the hearing required by § 37-1-114, such department, agency, institution or home must undertake reasonable efforts to provide adequate notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing to any other parent or person awarded joint custody or visitation rights by the court at the time the custody of the child was initially established.
TN Code § 36-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-110. Rights of Noncustodial Parents

 Except when the juvenile court or other appropriate court finds it not in the best interests of the affected child, upon petition by a noncustodial, biological parent whose parental rights have not been terminated, the court shall grant the rights set forth in § 36-6-101(a)(3)(A).
TN Code § 36-6-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-111. Stay of Interlocutory or Final Judgment

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in all actions that award, change, or affect the custody of a minor child, an interlocutory, or final judgment by any court in this state shall not be stayed after entry, unless otherwise ordered by that court and upon such terms as to bond or otherwise as it deems proper to secure the other party.
TN Code § 36-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-112. Parent Alleging Abuse

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Protective Parent Reform Act.”   If a parent makes a good faith allegation based on a reasonable belief supported by facts that the child is the victim of child abuse, child neglect, or the effects of domestic violence, and if that parent acts lawfully and in good faith in response to that reasonable belief to protect the child or seek treatment for the child, then that parent shall not be deprived of custody, visitation, or contact with the child, or restricted in custody, visitation, or contact, based solely on that belief or the reasonable actions taken based on that belief.    If an allegation that a child is abused is supported by a preponderance of the evidence, then the court shall consider such evidence of abuse in determining the visitation arrangement that is in the best interest of the child, and the court shall not place a child in the custody of a parent who presents a substantial risk of harm to that child.   A parent is presumed to present a substantial risk of harm to the child if the parent is under indictment for the offense of aggravated child abuse under § 39-15-402, child sexual abuse under § 37-1-602, or severe child sexual abuse under § 36-1-113(g)(11). The parent shall remain a risk of harm during the pendency of the indictment; provided, however, that the court may grant the parent supervised visitation with the child.
TN Code § 36-6-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation|Part 1 - General Custody Provisions|§ 36-6-114. False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Furtherance of Litigation

 Whenever a trial court finds that any person knowingly made a false allegation of sexual abuse in furtherance of litigation, in addition to any other penalties provided for by law or rule, the court may hold the accuser in contempt of court and may order the accuser to pay all litigation expenses, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees, discretionary costs and other costs incurred by the wrongly accused party in defending against the false allegation.