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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 10 - APPEALS (§§ 36-5-1001 — 36-5-1006) › Section 36-5-1003 - Judicial review of administrative actions

(a)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the judicial review of the administrative hearing decisions of the department of human services pursuant to this part shall be conducted by the court having jurisdiction of the support order as otherwise provided by §
4-5-322
.
(b)
If any administrative action of the department pursuant to this part is not based upon an existing order of support or paternity, the party seeking judicial review shall file the petition for review of the department's actions in the chancery court of the county of the person's residence, or the county where an entity was served with an administrative subpoena or was notified of a request for information. If the department is enforcing any order of a Title IV-D agency of any other state and there has been no assumption of jurisdiction of the support order by a Tennessee court, the petition for judicial review shall be filed in the county of the residence of the person in Tennessee against whom the request, administrative order or administrative subpoena is issued or the county where an entity was served with an administrative order, administrative subpoena or was notified of a request for information. No judicial review may result in the forgiveness of any support arrearages.
(c)
The judicial review shall be limited to the review of the record of the department's hearing as otherwise provided in §
4-5-322
.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 16.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 10 - APPEALS (§§ 36-5-1001 — 36-5-1006) › Section 36-5-1004 - Noninterference with department's actions - Injunctive relief

No person or entity who has been served with an administrative order, administrative subpoena, or request for information or records shall take any measures to defeat the administrative action of the department during the pendency of the review of such action by the administrative hearing officer or by the reviewing court, and the department or its contractor may seek injunctive relief to prevent any actions that would defeat its administrative actions.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 16.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 10 - APPEALS (§§ 36-5-1001 — 36-5-1006) › Section 36-5-1005 - Liability for fees and costs

The individual or entity to whom or to which the administrative order, administrative subpoena or request is issued pursuant to this part and that is enforced by the reviewing court shall be liable for all costs of the court proceedings and shall be liable to the department for the cost of any private, contract or government attorney representing the state and for the time of any of its Title IV-D state office staff or contractor staff utilized in litigating the administrative order, administrative subpoena or request.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 16.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 10 - APPEALS (§§ 36-5-1001 — 36-5-1006) › Section 36-5-1006 - Rules and regulations

The department shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this part.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 16.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1101 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)
"Business day" means a day on which state offices are open for regular business;
(2)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's duly authorized representative;
(3)
"Department" means the department of human services or its contractor or other designee;
(4)
"Directory of new hires" means an automated directory of information, supplied by employers on each newly hired or rehired employee, which is maintained by the department of human services;
(5)
"Employee" means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of Chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (
26 U.S.C. § 3401
et seq.), but does not include an employee of a federal or state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions, if the head of that agency has determined that reporting pursuant to the requirements of this part with respect to the employee could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission;
(6)
"Employer" has the meaning given such term in § 3401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (
26 U.S.C. § 3401(d)
), and includes any governmental entity and any labor organization;
(7)
"Labor organization" has the meaning given such term in § 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (
29 U.S.C. § 152(5)
), and includes any entity, also known as a "hiring hall", that is used by the organization and an employer to carry out requirements of § 8(f)(3) of such Act (
29 U.S.C. § 158(f)(3)
), of an agreement between the organization and the employer; and
(8)
"Title IV-D agency" means the agency designated pursuant to Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act (
42 U.S.C. § 651
et seq.), to provide services to children and families to establish and enforce child support obligations. In Tennessee, the department of human services is the Title IV-D agency.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1102 - Reports of new employees

Effective October 1, 1997, each employer shall furnish to the department a report that contains the name, address, hire date and social security number of each newly hired employee, and the name, address, and identifying number of the employer assigned under § 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (
26 U.S.C. § 6109
).
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 1; 2001, ch. 447, § 9.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1103 - Reports for employers with employees in two or more states

An employer that has employees who are employed in two (2) or more states and that transmits reports magnetically or electronically may comply with §
36-5-1102
by designating one (1) state in which such employer has employees to which the employer will transmit the report described in §
36-5-1102
and by transmitting such report to such state. Any employer that transmits reports pursuant to this section shall notify the secretary of the United States department of health and human services, in writing, as to which state such employer designates for the purpose of sending reports under this section.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1104 - Time frames for reports by employers

The report provided by §
36-5-1102
shall be made not later than twenty (20) days after the date the employer hires the employee, or, in the case of an employer transmitting reports magnetically or electronically, by two (2) monthly transmissions, if necessary, not less than twelve (12) nor more than sixteen (16) days apart.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 1; 1998, ch. 1098, § 44.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1105 - Reports on W - 4 forms

Each report required by §
36-5-1102
shall be made on a W-4 form, or at the option of the employer, an equivalent form, containing the same data as required on the W-4 form. The report may be transmitted to the department by first class mail, magnetically or electronically in a format approved by the department.
Acts 1997 , ch. 551, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1106 - Use of information by department

(a)
The department shall use the information received pursuant to §
36-5-1102
to locate individuals for purposes of establishing paternity and establishing, modifying and enforcing child support obligations and may disclose such information to any agent of the department that is under contract with the department to carry out such purposes.
(b)
The commissioner shall make available information collected pursuant to this part to state or local agencies or their contractors, or agents in this state or their counterparts in any other state or territory who determine financial or medical assistance as permitted under § 1137(b) of the Social Security Act (
42 U.S.C. § 1320b-7(b)
), as it may be amended; to any state program operated under a plan approved under Titles I, X, and XIV of the Social Security Act (
42 U.S.C. §§ 301
et seq., 1201 et seq., and 1351 et seq.), respectively; to any agencies administering the worker's compensation program of a state or territory; to any agencies administering the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act, compiled in title 50, chapter 1, part 7; and to the Title IV-D agency in this state, its local offices and its contractors, whether public or private, and the Title IV-D agency's counterparts in other states or territories, their local offices and their contractors, whether public or private, for use in locating absent parents, and for use in establishing, enforcing and modifying child support orders; and to the federal government as required by statute or regulation. The department may charge a fee to cover the costs of the provision of such information to any other state or local government entities that may be conducting eligibility determinations or who are conducting programs under this subsection (b).
(c)
No further disclosures shall be made except as authorized pursuant to this section or §
71-1-131
. Disclosure in violation of this section shall be a Class C misdemeanor.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 828, s 20, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1997 , ch. 551, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1107 - Failure to make necessary reports - Penalties

(a)
If, after prior notification by the department of human services of failure to make the necessary reports required by this part, any employer fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of this part, the employer shall be subject to a civil penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each employee who is not reported.
(b)
Any employer and employee who conspire not to provide the report required by this part or who conspire to provide a false or incomplete report shall each be subject to a civil penalty of four hundred dollars ($400).
(c)
Such penalties shall be assessed by the commissioner of human services after written notice that provides fifteen (15) days from the mailing date of such notice to file a written request for appeal.
(d)
If an appeal is timely filed with the department, the employer or employee shall be entitled to an administrative hearing before the department on the issue of the assessment pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, relative to contested case hearings.
(e)
Failure to timely appeal the assessment of the civil penalty shall be final and conclusive of the correctness of the assessment.
(f)
Any amount found owing shall be due and payable not later than fifteen (15) days after the mailing date of the determination.
(g)
(1)
Failure to pay an assessment shall result in a lien against the real or personal property of the employer or the employee in favor of the department and shall be enforced by original attachment issued by the court in the county where the employer is located, or where the employee resides by any court having jurisdiction of the monetary amounts assessed.
(2)
The employer or employee shall be liable for all court costs and litigation taxes of the proceedings and shall be liable to the department for the cost of any private, contract or government attorney representing the state and for the time of any of its Title IV-D or contractor staff utilized in litigating the assessment.
(h)
Any appeal of the action of the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be made in conformity with §
4-5-322
.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 1; 1998, ch. 1098, § 45.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 11 - EMPLOYMENT RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1101 — 36-5-1108) › Section 36-5-1108 - Rulemaking authority

The department has authority to promulgate rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, that it determines are necessary for the implementation of this part, and it is specifically authorized to utilize emergency rules to implement this part, effective June 23, 1997, subject to prior approval of the emergency rules by the attorney general and reporter.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 1; 2009, ch. 566, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 12 - ASSISTANCE BY OTHER STATES (§ 36-5-1201) › Section 36-5-1201 - Administrative enforcement in interstate cases

(a)
The department of human services, as the Title IV-D child support enforcement agency of this state, shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used for intrastate cases, in response to a request made by another state to enforce support orders, and shall promptly report the results of such enforcement procedure to the requesting state.
(b)
The agencies of this or any state that enforce child support may, by electronic or other means, transmit to another state or to this state a request for assistance in enforcing support orders through high-volume, automated administrative enforcement, which request:
(1)
Shall include such information as will enable the state to which the request is transmitted to compare the information about the cases to the information in the data bases of the state receiving the request; and
(2)
Shall constitute a certification by the requesting state:
(A)
Of the amount of support under an order the payment of which is in arrears; and
(B)
That the requesting state has complied with all procedural due process requirements applicable to each case.
(c)
If the department provides assistance to another state with respect to a case, or if another state seeks assistance from the department pursuant to this section, neither state shall consider the case to be transferred to the caseload of such other state.
(d)
The department shall maintain records of:
(1)
The number of such requests for assistance received by the department;
(2)
The number of cases for which the department collected support in response to such a request; and
(3)
The amount of such collected support.
(e)
In this part, the term "high-volume automated administrative enforcement" in interstate cases means, on request of another state, the identification by the department, through automated data matches with financial institutions and other entities where assets may be found, of assets owned by persons who owe child support in other states, and the seizure of such assets by the department, through levy or other appropriate means.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 15; 1998, ch. 1098, § 46; 2001, ch. 447, § 10.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 13 - SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1301 — 36-5-1302) › Section 36-5-1301 - Inclusion of social security numbers on certain licenses

(a)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all applications for professional licenses, driver licenses, occupational licenses, hunting and fishing licenses or recreational licenses, or marriage licenses issued by any agency or any political subdivision of the state on and after July 1, 1997, shall contain the social security number of each applicant.
(b)
If the agency or office maintaining the records described in subsection (a) allows the use of a number other than the social security number on the face of the license document, and the social security number obtained on the application is kept on file with the agency or office, the agency or office shall so advise the applicant.
(c)
All agencies maintaining records as required by subsection (a) shall make such records accessible to the department of human services or its contractors or agents enforcing Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (
42 U.S.C. § 651
et seq.), and to the extent possible, in electronic or magnetic automated formats.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 29; 1998, ch. 1098, §§ 47, 48.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 13 - SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER RECORDS (§§ 36-5-1301 — 36-5-1302) › Section 36-5-1302 - Inclusion of social security numbers in certain records

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the social security number of any individual who is subject to a divorce decree, order of support issued by any court, any order of paternity or legitimation, or any voluntary acknowledgment of paternity shall be placed in the records relating to such matter.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 29.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 20 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT-SHORT TITLE (§ 36-5-2001) › Section 36-5-2001 - Short title

Parts 20-29 of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act."
Acts 2010 , ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 21 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 36-5-2101 — 36-5-2104) › Section 36-5-2102 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency

(a)
The chancery, circuit, juvenile, and any courts exercising domestic relations jurisdiction under any enactment of the general assembly, and the department of human services when, pursuant to a state or federal law, the department is acting in its capacity as the Title IV-D child support enforcement agency of the state to carry out administrative support establishment or support enforcement actions or when adjudicating administrative appeals involving the Title IV-D child support program, are the tribunals of this state.
(b)
The department of human services is the support enforcement agency of this state.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 21 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 36-5-2101 — 36-5-2104) › Section 36-5-2103 - Remedies cumulative

(a)
Remedies provided by parts 20-29 of this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b)
Parts 20-29 of this chapter do not:
(1)
Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(2)
Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under parts 20-29 of this chapter.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1; 2011, ch. 55, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 21 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 36-5-2101 — 36-5-2104) › Section 36-5-2104 - Application of parts 21 - 27 of this chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding

(a)
A tribunal of this state shall apply parts 21-26 of this chapter and, as applicable, part 27 of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving:
(1)
A foreign support order;
(2)
A foreign tribunal; or
(3)
An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b)
A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of parts 21-26 of this chapter.
(c)
Part 27 of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of part 27 of this chapter is inconsistent with parts 21-26 of this chapter, then part 27 of this chapter controls.
Acts 2010 , ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

(a)
In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
(1)
The individual is personally served with notice within this state;
(2)
The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(3)
The individual resided with the child in this state;
(4)
The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(5)
The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(6)
The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(7)
The individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative father registry maintained in this state by the department of children's services; or
(8)
There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(b)
The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of §
36-5-2611
are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of §
36-5-2615
are met.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2202 - Duration of personal jurisdiction

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under parts 20-26 of this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by §§
36-5-2205
,
36-5-2206
and
36-5-2211
.
Acts 2010 , ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state

Under parts 20-26 of this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2204 - Simultaneous proceedings

(a)
A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(1)
The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
(2)
The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and
(3)
If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
(b)
A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:
(1)
The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;
(2)
The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and
(3)
If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order

(a)
A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(1)
At the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(2)
Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
(b)
A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:
(1)
All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
(2)
Its order is not the controlling order.
(c)
If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
(d)
A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
(e)
A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2206 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

(a)
A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(1)
The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(2)
A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b)
A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2208 - Child support orders for two or more obligees

In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two (2) or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one (1) of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2209 - Credit for payments

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, or another state, or a foreign country.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2210 - Application of parts 20 - 29 of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction

A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under parts 20-29 of this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to §
36-5-2316
, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to §
36-5-2317
, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to §
36-5-2318
. In all other respects, parts 23-26 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
Acts 2010 , ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 22 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - JURISDICTION (§§ 36-5-2201 — 36-5-2211) › Section 36-5-2211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order

(a)
A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(b)
A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
(c)
A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:
(1)
An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
(2)
A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2301 - Proceedings under parts 20 - 29 of this chapter

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in parts 20-29 of this chapter, this part applies to all proceedings under parts 20-29 of this chapter.
(b)
An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under parts 20-29 of this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Acts 2010 , ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2302 - Proceeding by minor parent

A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2303 - Application of law of state

Except as otherwise provided in parts 20-29 of this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
(1)
Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
(2)
Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2304 - Duties of initiating tribunal

(a)
Upon the filing of a petition authorized by parts 20-29 of this chapter an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(1)
To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(2)
If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
(b)
If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal

(a)
When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to §
36-5-2301(b)
, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b)
A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one (1) or more of the following:
(1)
Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child;
(2)
Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3)
Order income withholding;
(4)
Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(5)
Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(6)
Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7)
Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(8)
Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9)
Issue an attachment pro corpus or capias for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the attachment pro corpus in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
(10)
Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(11)
Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
(12)
Grant any other available remedy.
(c)
A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under parts 20-29 of this chapter or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d)
A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under parts 20-29 of this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(e)
If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under parts 20-29 of this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(f)
If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2306 - Inappropriate tribunal

If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2307 - Duties of support enforcement agency

(a)
A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under parts 20-26 of this chapter.
(b)
A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(1)
Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(2)
Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
(3)
Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
(4)
Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(5)
Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(6)
Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
(c)
A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
(1)
To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(2)
If two (2) or more child support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
(d)
A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
(e)
A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to §
36-5-2319
.
(f)
Parts 20-29 of this chapter do not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2308 - Duty of attorney general and reporter

(a)
If the attorney general and reporter determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general and reporter may order the agency to perform its duties under parts 20-29 of this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual.
(b)
The attorney general and reporter may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2309 - Private counsel

An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by parts 20-29 of this chapter.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2310 - Duties of the department of human services

(a)
The department of human services is the state information agency under parts 20-29 of this chapter.
(b)
The state information agency shall:
(1)
Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under parts 20-29 of this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(2)
Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(3)
Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under parts 20-29 of this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and
(4)
Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents

(a)
In a proceeding under parts 20-29 of this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under §
36-5-2312
, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
(b)
The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104) › Chapter 5 - ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT (§§ 36-5-101 — 36-5-3111) › Part 23 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION (§§ 36-5-2301 — 36-5-2319) › Section 36-5-2312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.