2021 Tennessee Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 36-5-101. Child Support Order — Jurisdiction — Amount of Support — Enforcement — Modification — Insurance — Scientific Parentage Tests

Full name and any change in name;
Date and place of birth. This information shall be filed with the court as a separate document containing the parties' and the child's or children's names, dates of birth and social security numbers. The document shall be placed in an eight and one-half inch by eleven inch (8½" x 11") envelope containing the style of the case and docket number of the case and the document and envelope shall be file stamped by the clerk, and filed under seal in the case file. The document shall also be provided by the parties to the Title IV-D child support office together with the other information required in subdivisions (c)(2)(B)(i)(a )(1 )-(8 ). The social security numbers and other information filed with the clerk shall be available to the clerk of court for processing of documents and legal actions such as, but not limited to, divorce certificates, garnishments, and income assignments. On request, the sealed information shall be made available to the department of human services and any other agency required by law to have access to the information and to other persons or agencies as ordered by the court.
The requirements of subdivision (c)(2)(B)(i)(a ) may be included in the court's order.
Each individual who is a party must update changes in circumstances of the individual for the information required by subdivision (c)(2)(B)(i)(a ) within ten (10) days of the date of such change. At the time of the entry of the first order pertaining to child support after July 1, 1997, clear written notice shall be given to each party of the requirements of this subsection (c), procedures for complying with this subsection (c), and a description of the effect or failure to comply. Such requirement may be noted in the order of the court.
In any subsequent child support enforcement action, the delivery of written notice as required by Rule 5 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, to the most recent residential or employer address shown in the court's records or the Title IV-D agency's records, as required in subdivision (c)(2)(B)(i)(a ) shall be deemed to satisfy the due process requirements for notice and service of process with respect to that party, if there is a sufficient showing and the court is satisfied that a diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location and whereabouts of the party.
Upon motion of either party, upon a showing of domestic violence or the threat of such violence, the court may enter an order to withhold from public access the address, telephone number, and location of the alleged victim or victims or threatened victims of such circumstances. The clerk of the court shall withhold such information based upon the court's specific order, but may not be held liable for release of such information.
In any subsequent proceeding to modify or enforce support, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the information provided by the parties, as required by this part, has not changed, unless a party has complied with this section by updating the information with the court and, if the case is a Title IV-D child support case, with the local Title IV-D child support office.
Code 1858, § 2468 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 10, 19); Shan., § 4221; mod. Code 1932, § 8446; Acts 1949, ch. 53, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 8446; Acts 1970, ch. 425, § 1; 1979, ch. 187, § 1; 1979, ch. 339, § 1; 1980, ch. 691, § 1; 1983, ch. 352, § 1; 1983, ch. 414, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-820; Acts 1984, ch. 818, §§ 1-3; 1985, ch. 477, §§ 5-7, 17; 1986, ch. 890, § 17; 1987, ch. 39, § 1; 1988, ch. 671, § 1; 1989, ch. 206, § 1; 1989, ch. 489, § 4; 1991, ch. 447, § 1; 1992, ch. 824, § 1; 1993, ch. 243, §§ 1, 2; 1993, ch. 286, § 1; 1994, ch. 926, § 1; 1994, ch. 987, §§ 1-5; 1994, ch. 988, §§ 8, 9; 1995, ch. 504, § 2; 1996, ch. 892, § 16; 1997, ch. 551, §§ 7, 19, 22, 25, 41, 51-53, 66; 1998, ch. 1098, §§ 13-15, 72; 1999, ch. 303, § 1; 2000, ch. 922, §§ 5-9; 2001, ch. 447, §§ 3, 14, 20; 2002, ch. 651, §§ 1-3; 2003, ch. 305, § 1; 2003, ch. 361, § 2; 2003, ch. 373, § 1; 2004, ch. 549, §§ 1, 2; 2004, ch. 714, § 1; 2004, ch. 906, § 1; 2005, ch. 287, § 1; 2007, ch. 91, § 1; 2007, ch. 187, §§ 4-6; 2007, ch. 502, §§ 1, 3; 2008, ch. 868, § 3; 2011, ch. 119, § 2; 2013, ch. 236, § 22; 2015, ch. 200, §§ 1, 2; 2017, ch. 145, § 1; 2017, ch. 419, § 2; 2018, ch. 742, § 1; 2018, ch. 1049, §§ 1, 2; 2019, ch. 345, § 31.