Any interested person shall have the right to contest the issuance of the marriage license, which contest shall be filed, heard and determined by the judge of the probate court, or judge of the juvenile court, or any judge or chancellor; provided, that such contest shall not be filed without the filing of a cost bond in the sum of at least fifty dollars ($50.00) with solvent sureties executed by the contestant, conditioned as in civil cases, and the cost of such contest shall be adjudged against the losing party.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 36-3-101. Prohibited Degrees of Relationship
§ 36-3-103. License Required — County of Issuance
§ 36-3-109. Issuance of License to Drunks, Insane Persons or Imbeciles Forbidden
§ 36-3-110. Contest of Issuance
§ 36-3-111. County Clerk Violating Law — Penalty
§ 36-3-112. Fraudulently Signing or Using False Documents — Misdemeanor