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TN Code § 36-5-2705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2705. Direct Request

  A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.   A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, §§ 36-5-2706 — 36-5-2713 apply.   In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:  A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and   An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.     A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the department of human services.   This part does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
TN Code § 36-5-2706 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2706. Registration of Convention Support Order

  Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in part 26.   Notwithstanding §§ 36-5-2311 and 36-5-2602(a), a request for registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied by:  A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague Conference on Private International Law;   A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;   If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;   A record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;   A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and   If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.     A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.   A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under § 36-5-2707 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.   The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.
TN Code § 36-5-2707 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2707. Contest of Registered Convention Support Order

  Except as otherwise provided in this part, §§ 36-5-2605—36-5-2608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order.   A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty (30) days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than sixty (60) days after notice of the registration.   If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention support order by the time specified in subsection (b), the order is enforceable.   A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in § 36-5-2708. The contesting party bears the burden of proof.   In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of this state:  Is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and   May not review the merits of the order.     A tribunal of this state deciding a contest of a registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.   A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.
TN Code § 36-5-2708 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2708. Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.   The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order:  Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard;   The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with § 36-5-2201;   The order is not enforceable in the issuing country;   The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure;   A record transmitted in accordance with § 36-5-2706 lacks authenticity or integrity;   A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this state and that proceeding was the first to be filed;   The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under parts 20-29 of this chapter in this state;   Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part;   In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country:  If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or   If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or     The order was made in violation of § 36-5-2711.     If a tribunal of this state does not recognize a Convention support order under subdivision (b)(2), (b)(4), or (b)(9):  The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support order; and   The governmental entity shall take all appropriate measures to request a child support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under § 36-5-2704.
TN Code § 36-5-2709 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2709. Partial Enforcement

 If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order.  An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
TN Code § 36-5-2710 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2710. Foreign Support Agreement

  Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.   An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:  A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and   A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.     A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.   In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:  Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;   The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;   The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under parts 20-29 of this chapter in this state; or   The record submitted under subsection (b) lacks authenticity or integrity.     A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
TN Code § 36-5-2711 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2711. Modification of Convention Child Support Order

  A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:  The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or   The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.     If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this state, § 36-5-2708(c) applies.
TN Code § 36-5-2712 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2712. Personal Information — Limitation on Use

 Personal information gathered or transmitted under this part may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
TN Code § 36-5-2713 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention|§ 36-5-2713. Record in Original Language — English Translation

 A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this part must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
TN Code § 36-5-2801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 28 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Interstate Rendition|§ 36-5-2801. Grounds for Rendition

  For purposes of this part, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by parts 20-29 of this chapter.   The governor of this state may:  Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or   On the demand by the governor of another state, surrender an individual found in this state who is charged criminally in the other state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.     A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with parts 20-29 of this chapter applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed and has not fled therefrom.
TN Code § 36-5-2802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 28 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Interstate Rendition|§ 36-5-2802. Conditions of Rendition

  Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least sixty (60) days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to parts 20-29 of this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.   If, under parts 20-29 of this chapter or a law substantially similar to parts 20-29 of this chapter, the governor of another state makes a demand that the governor of this state surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.   If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
TN Code § 36-5-2901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 29 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 36-5-2901. Uniformity of Application and Construction

 In applying and construing this uniform act, codified in parts 20-29 of this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
TN Code § 36-5-2902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 29 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 36-5-2902. Applicability

 Parts 20-29 of this chapter apply to proceedings begun on or after the effective date of this act to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.
TN Code § 36-5-2903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 29 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 36-5-2903. Severability

 If any provision of parts 20-29 of this chapter or their application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of parts 20-29 of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of parts 20-29 of this chapter are severable.
TN Code § 36-5-3001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3001. Purposes and Construction of Part And Limitation of Scope of Part

  The purpose of this part is to provide procedures for the intercounty enforcement and modification of child support and child custody cases and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.   The provisions for transfer in this part shall not apply to cases in any court regarding petitions for dependency and neglect, delinquency, unruly behavior, terminations of parental rights or adoptions pursuant to this title and title 37.
TN Code § 36-5-3002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3002. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   “Child's county” means the county in which the child who is subject to a support or custody order resides;   “Clerk” means the clerk of the transferor or transferee 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, except as provided in § 36-5-3001(b), 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 or designee;   “Filing” means the initiation of judicial action by the completion of a motion or petition seeking to order the alteration of a legal status through the act of sending or bringing the motion or petition to the office of the clerk of the court;   “Issuing county” means the county in which a court issues a support or custody order or that renders a judgment determining parentage or to which a support or custody order has been previously transferred;   “Issuing court” means the court that issues a support or custody order or renders a judgment determining parentage or to which a support or custody order has been previously transferred;   “Obligor's county” means the county in which the obligor or non-custodial parent resides;   “Request” means a statement of a requesting party seeking transfer of a custody or child support case to the court of another county;   “Requesting party” means custodial parent, noncustodial parent or, in Title IV-D child support cases, the department or its contractor;   “Service of process” means the act of bringing or sending notice of the filing of a motion or petition to the attention of the opposing party by delivery of a copy of the motion or pleading to the opposing party;   “Transfer” means the process by which the transferor court, upon request, moves the case to a court where the child resides thereby conferring jurisdiction on the transferee court;   “Transferee court” means the court that assumes jurisdiction upon a transfer of a case; and   “Transferor court” means the court from which a case is transferred to another court.
TN Code § 36-5-3004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3004. Procedure to Transfer Case

 A case may be transferred by the clerk of the issuing court following a request by a requesting party sending the request for the transfer to the clerk of the transferor court. The request shall include the following information:    A sworn statement by the party or the department seeking transfer that, to the best of the requesting party's or the department's knowledge, neither the child or children, the custodial parent/obligee nor the noncustodial parent/obligor resides in the transferor county, and that the child or children currently reside in the transferee county and the child or children have resided in the transferee county for at least six (6) months; or   That the noncustodial parent/obligor resides in the county to which the case is to be transferred and that the custodial parent/obligee and the child or children reside outside this state:   And the requesting party seeks an immediate transfer of the case without the six-month residency period if the custodial parent/obligee does not object; or   That the child or children and the custodial parent/obligee have resided outside this state for at least six (6) months;       The issuing court's docket number of the case to be transferred;   The name of the other party and, if known, the other party's address and social security number;   The name of the court and address of the clerk of the court to whom the case is to be transferred;   The name and address, if known, of the employer of the obligor if the order has been or may be subject to an income assignment;   That the request for transfer can be contested by the nonrequesting party within fifteen (15) days of the date the notice was mailed by filing a motion for review of the request in the transferor court;   Certification by the requesting party or the department that a copy of the request with the information in subdivisions (1)-(6) has been mailed to the nonrequesting party; and   A copy of a notice, with the address of the nonrequesting party, to be sent by the clerk of the transferor court or the department in Title IV-D child support cases to the nonrequesting party in the event that the case is transferred, which states that the case has been transferred and that all child support payments of the obligor are to be sent, as appropriate, to the clerk of the transferee court or to the department of human services, as the case may be.
TN Code § 36-5-3005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support|Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification|§ 36-5-3005. Duties of the Transferor Court

  If no request for contest of the request for transfer is filed within fifteen (15) days pursuant to § 36-5-3004(6), or if the contest of the transfer is denied by the transferor court, the clerk of the transferor court shall, within fifteen (15) days thereafter:  Remove from the court file the original pleadings, orders and any other filed documents, or make certified copies of such documents;   Prepare a certified, complete child support payment record, unless the case is being enforced by the department of human services pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), in which situation 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 prepare the certified child support payment record;    Mail the originals, or certified copies of the originals, of all documents and, if necessary, the certified child support payment record, to the clerk of the court of the transferee court. The computer record, if operative, shall be used as the official record of the child support obligation;   Mail the notice supplied pursuant to § 36-5-3004(8) to the non-requesting party. The department shall mail the notice in Title IV-D child support cases.       The clerk of the transferor court shall not be required to maintain the copies of the original pleadings or other original documents in the record, but may do so if certified copies are sent.   Upon receipt of the transferred documents and assignment of a docket number by the transferee court, the jurisdiction of the transferor court is terminated.