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Chapter 1 - Adoption
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 36-1-102. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 36-1-104. Withholding of Material Information Concerning the Status of the Parents or Guardian of a Child Subject to Surrender, Termination of Parental Rights or Adoption — Misdemeanor - Any person who, upon request by any party to an...
§ 36-1-105. Violation of Criminal Provisions of Part by State Employee — Dismissal - Any employee of the state of Tennessee who is convicted...
§ 36-1-111. Presurrender Request for Home Study or Preliminary Home Study — Surrender of Child — Consent for Adoption by Parent — Effect of Surrender — Form of Surrender — Waiver of Interest — Interpreter for Non-English Speaking Parents - TENNESSEE SURRENDER FORM I, (full name of surrendering party) ,...
§ 36-1-114. Venue - The termination or adoption petition may be filed in the...
§ 36-1-126. Record Kept Under Seal — Confidential Records — Access to Certain Records — Preservation of Records - all adoption records, court reports, home studies, preliminary home studies,...
§ 36-1-139. Penalty for Providing False Information Related to Information Requests - Any person who or entity that knowingly provides false information...
§ 36-1-146. Rebuttable Presumption That Guardian Ad Litem's Fees Divided Equally Between Parties - If a court appoints a guardian ad litem in a...
Part 2 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance
§ 36-1-201. Terms of Compact - The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is hereby...
§ 36-1-202. Amount of Assistance - The amounts of adoption assistance and other aid that Tennessee...
§ 36-1-203. Documentation of Eligibility - For the purpose of determining eligibility for any benefit under...
§ 36-1-204. Applicability of Part - This part shall apply only to medical assistance for children...
§ 36-1-205. Violations — Penalties - Whoever knowingly obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids, or...
§ 36-1-206. Construction — Compliance With Federal Laws - This compact shall, insofar as practical, be construed to be...
Part 3 - Adoption Contact Veto Registry
§ 36-1-301. Advance Notice System - The object of this part is to establish an advance...
§ 36-1-302. “Advance Notice Period” Defined - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 36-1-305. Promulgation of Necessary Rules and Regulations - The department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations...
Chapter 2 - Parentage
Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation
§ 36-2-301. Statement of Purpose - This chapter provides a single cause of action to establish...
§ 36-2-302. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 36-2-303. Custody With Mother Absent an Order of Custody - Absent an order of custody to the contrary, custody of...
§ 36-2-306. Statute of Limitations - An action to establish the parentage of a child may...
§ 36-2-310. Temporary Order of Support - The court shall, upon motion of the party, enter a...
§ 36-2-315. Appeals - An appeal from any final order of parentage as provided...
§ 36-2-317. Official References to Illegitimacy - No explicit references shall be made to illegitimacy in any...
§ 36-2-320. License Revocation Requests - In establishing paternity or enforcing any provision of child support,...
§ 36-2-321. Limitations Period for Child Support Payment Orders - Judgments for child support payments for each child subject to...
§ 36-2-322. Payment of Overdue Support for Children Receiving Assistance - In any case in which a child is receiving assistance...
Part 4 - Parentage of Children Born of Donated Embryo Transfer
§ 36-2-401. Single Means of Establishing Parentage — Legislative Intent - This chapter provides a single means to establish parentage of...
§ 36-2-402. Part Definitions - As used in this part:
Chapter 3 - Marriage
Part 1 - License
§ 36-3-101. Prohibited Degrees of Relationship - Marriage cannot be contracted with a lineal ancestor or descendant,...
§ 36-3-102. Second Marriage Before Dissolution of First Prohibited — Effect of Absence for Five Years - A second marriage cannot be contracted before the dissolution of...
§ 36-3-103. License Required — County of Issuance - Code 1858, § 2441 (deriv. Acts 1778, ch. 7, §§...
§ 36-3-109. Issuance of License to Drunks, Insane Persons or Imbeciles Forbidden - No license shall be issued when it appears that the...
§ 36-3-110. Contest of Issuance - Any interested person shall have the right to contest the...
§ 36-3-111. County Clerk Violating Law — Penalty - Any county clerk or deputy clerk who issues a marriage...
§ 36-3-112. Fraudulently Signing or Using False Documents — Misdemeanor - Fraudulently signing or knowingly using any false document purporting to...
Part 3 - Ceremony
§ 36-3-301. Persons Who May Solemnize Marriages - Code 1858, § 2439 (deriv. Acts 1778, ch. 7, §...
§ 36-3-302. Formula Not Required - Code 1858, § 2440; Shan., § 4190; Code 1932, §...
§ 36-3-303. Return of License to Clerk — Penalty for Failure to Return — Society of Friends - Code 1858, § 2443 (deriv. Acts 1815, ch. 47, §...
§ 36-3-304. Form of Certificate - The clerk shall, on each license, place the following form...
§ 36-3-305. Solemnizing Marriage Between Incapable Persons — Misdemeanor - Any such minister or officer who knowingly joins together in...
§ 36-3-306. Marriage Consummated by Ceremony Not Invalidated by Failure to Comply With Law — Restriction - Failure to comply with the requirements of §§ 36-3-104 —...
§ 36-3-307. Nickname in License Does Not Invalidate Marriage - Any marriage that may have been or may be celebrated...
§ 36-3-308. Marriages During War Between the States Validated - All marriages contracted and entered into during the War Between...
Part 4 - Breach of Marriage Contract
§ 36-3-401. Proof of Contract - In all actions for damages for the breach of promise...
§ 36-3-402. Plaintiff's Testimony — Corroboration Required - In any suit for damages for breach of promise or...
§ 36-3-403. Questions Considered in Determining Damages - In all suits for damages for breach of promise or...
§ 36-3-404. Measure of Damages When Defendant Over Sixty (60) Years of Age - In all suits for damages for breach of promise or...
§ 36-3-405. Joinder With Other Actions Prohibited - No action for the breach of promise of marriage can...
Part 5 - Property Rights of Spouses
§ 36-3-501. Enforcement of Antenuptial Agreements - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, except as provided...
§ 36-3-502. Creditor's Rights - Code 1858, §§ 1767, 1768 (deriv. Acts 1785, ch. 12,...
§ 36-3-503. Antenuptial Debts of Wife — Nonliability of Husband - No husband shall be liable for the debts, contracts or...
§ 36-3-505. Tenancies by Entirety Unaffected - Nothing in § 36-3-504 shall be construed as abolishing tenancies...
Part 6 - Domestic Abuse
§ 36-3-601. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 36-3-607. Bond Not Required - The court shall not require the execution of a bond...
§ 36-3-618. Purpose — Legislative Intent - The purpose of this part is to recognize the seriousness...
§ 36-3-619. Officer Response — Primary Aggressor — Factors — Reports — Notice to Victim of Legal Rights — Ex Parte Protection Order - IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, you have...
Part 7 - Alienation of Affections
§ 36-3-701. Tort Action Abolished - The common law tort action of alienation of affections is...
Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment
§ 36-4-101. Grounds for Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony - Code 1858, § 2448 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 20, §...
§ 36-4-102. Legal Separation - Code 1858, § 2449 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §...
§ 36-4-103. Irreconcilable Differences — Procedure - Code 1858, § 2448 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 20, §...
§ 36-4-104. Residence Requirements - Code 1858, § 2450 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 19, §...
§ 36-4-105. Venue - Code 1858, § 2451 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §...
§ 36-4-106. Complaint for Divorce or Legal Separation — Temporary Injunctions - Code 1858, § 2452 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§...
§ 36-4-107. Verification of Petition — Effect of Noncompliance - Code 1858, § 2453 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §...
§ 36-4-108. Security for Costs — Service of Process - Code 1858, § 2454 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 20, §...
§ 36-4-109. Time for Hearing - If the subpoena to answer has been served upon the...
§ 36-4-110. Appearance and Answer - The defendant may appear according to the rules of the...
§ 36-4-111. Failure to Separate Not a Defense - It is no impediment to a divorce that the offended...
§ 36-4-112. Defense When Ground Is Adultery - If the cause assigned for the divorce is adultery, it...
§ 36-4-113. Issues — Trial by Jury — New Trial - Issues may be made up at the request of either...
§ 36-4-114. Proof Required - If the defendant admits the facts charged in the bill...
§ 36-4-115. Form of Proof - Either party may take proof by depositions according to the...
§ 36-4-117. Proof When Ground Is Spouse's Refusal to Remove to This State - If the divorce is sought by the complainant spouse on...
§ 36-4-118. Proof When Ground Is Conviction of Crime - The proof that the defendant is a convict, or is...
§ 36-4-119. Decree of Court Generally - If, upon hearing the cause, the court is satisfied that...
§ 36-4-120. Ill Conduct Defense - Code 1858, §§ 2466, 2467 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26,...
§ 36-4-122. Costs - The court may decree costs against either party, and may...
§ 36-4-123. Appeals - Appeals in divorce cases shall be governed by the Tennessee...
§ 36-4-124. Right to Remarry - When a marriage is absolutely annulled, or dissolved, the parties...
§ 36-4-125. Legitimacy of Children Unaffected by Divorce or Annulment - The annulment or dissolution of the marriage shall not in...
§ 36-4-127. Expunction of Divorce Records Upon Reconciliation of Parties - Parties to any divorce proceeding, who have reconciled and dismissed...
§ 36-4-128. Remarriage After Spouse's Two-Year Absence — Effect of Spouse's Return - Code 1858, § 2461 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §...
§ 36-4-133. Compliance With Notice of Insurance Termination Provisions Required - On and after January 1, 2007, before entering an order...
§ 36-4-135. False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Furtherance of Litigation - Whenever a trial court finds that any person knowingly made...
Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support
§ 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...
§ 36-5-102. Portion of Spouse's Estate Decreed to Spouse Entitled to Alimony or Support — Maintenance of Minor Custodial Parent - Code 1858, § 2469 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 133, §...
§ 36-5-103. Enforcement of Decree for Alimony and Support - Code 1858, § 2470 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §...
§ 36-5-109. Construction - Chapter 477 of the Public Acts of 1985 is declared...
§ 36-5-111. Liability for Clerk's Fee - In all cases where payments for child support are made...
§ 36-5-118. Customer Service Unit—statewide Toll-Free Telephone Line - Notwithstanding this part or any other law to the contrary,...
§ 36-5-119. Satellite Offices - Notwithstanding this part or any other law to the contrary,...
§ 36-5-122. False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Furtherance of Litigation - Whenever a trial court finds that any person knowingly made...
Part 4 - Expedited Process for Support
§ 36-5-401. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 36-5-403. Powers of Magistrate - The magistrate shall have the same authority and power as...
§ 36-5-404. Powers and Duties of Clerk - The office of the clerk of the court shall provide...
§ 36-5-406. Promulgation of Forms - The department of human services, in consultation with the Tennessee...
Part 5 - Assignment of Income for Support -
Part 7 - Enforcement Through License Denial, Revocation and Restriction
§ 36-5-701. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 36-5-708. Rules Authorized to Enforce Part - The department shall have authority to adopt any necessary rules...
§ 36-5-709. Licensing Authorities — Cooperation With Department — Agreements - The various licensing authorities shall cooperate with the department in...
§ 36-5-710. Modification or Amendment of Support Orders or Obligations - Nothing in this part prohibits an obligor from filing a...
§ 36-5-712. Report to General Assembly and Governor - In furtherance of the public policy of increasing collection of...
Part 8 - Child Support Enforcement Powers of Department
§ 36-5-802. Administrative Orders for Parentage Tests - For the purpose of establishing paternity orders of support under...
§ 36-5-806. Administrative Review of Certain Administrative Orders - The persons against whom the administrative orders in §§ 36-5-802,...
§ 36-5-808. Statewide Jurisdiction of Department - The department's authority and jurisdiction in issuing requests, administrative orders,...
§ 36-5-810. Immunity for Compliance With Requests, Orders and Subpoenas - All persons or entities complying with any requests, administrative orders,...
§ 36-5-813. Liability for Fees and Costs - The individual or entity to whom or to which the...
§ 36-5-814. “Financial Institution” Defined - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 36-5-815. Rulemaking Authority - The department shall have authority to promulgate rules to implement...
Part 9 - Overdue Support
§ 36-5-904. Enforcement of Liens - In cases where there is an arrearage of child or...
§ 36-5-908. Department Control; Real Estate and Personal Property - The commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall have charge of...
§ 36-5-909. Limitation on Rights of Action - No action may be maintained against any officer or employee...
§ 36-5-910. “Financial Institution” Defined - As used in this part, “financial institution” shall mean:
§ 36-5-911. Cooperation by State and Local Agencies - All state and local agencies shall cooperate with the department...
Part 10 - Appeals
§ 36-5-1004. Noninterference With Department's Actions — Injunctive Relief - No person or entity who has been served with an...
§ 36-5-1005. Liability for Fees and Costs - The individual or entity to whom or to which the...
§ 36-5-1006. Rules and Regulations - The department shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations...
Part 11 - Employment Records
§ 36-5-1101. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:
§ 36-5-1102. Reports of New Employees - Effective October 1, 1997, each employer shall furnish to the...
§ 36-5-1103. Reports for Employers With Employees in Two or More States - An employer that has employees who are employed in two...
§ 36-5-1104. Time Frames for Reports by Employers - The report provided by § 36-5-1102 shall be made not...
§ 36-5-1105. Reports on W-4 Forms - Each report required by § 36-5-1102 shall be made on...
§ 36-5-1108. Rulemaking Authority - The department has authority to promulgate rules pursuant to the...
Part 12 - Assistance by Other States -
Part 13 - Social Security Number Records
§ 36-5-1302. Inclusion of Social Security Numbers in Certain Records - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the social security...
Part 20 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act—short Title
§ 36-5-2001. Short Title - Parts 20-29 of this chapter shall be known and may...
Part 21 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — General Provisions
§ 36-5-2101. Definitions - As used in parts 20-29 of this chapter, unless the...
Part 22 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Jurisdiction
§ 36-5-2202. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...
§ 36-5-2203. Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State - Under parts 20-26 of this chapter, a tribunal of this...
§ 36-5-2208. Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...
§ 36-5-2209. Credit for Payments - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...
§ 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...
Part 23 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Civil Provisions of General Application
§ 36-5-2302. Proceeding by Minor Parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
§ 36-5-2303. Application of Law of State - Except as otherwise provided in parts 20-29 of this chapter,...
§ 36-5-2306. Inappropriate Tribunal - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...
§ 36-5-2309. Private Counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
§ 36-5-2312. Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...
§ 36-5-2315. Nonparentage as Defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
§ 36-5-2317. Communications Between Tribunals - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...
§ 36-5-2318. Assistance With Discovery - A tribunal of this state may:
Part 24 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage
§ 36-5-2402. Proceeding to Determine Parentage - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...
Part 25 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Enforcement of Order Without Registration
§ 36-5-2501. Employer's Receipt of Income-Withholding Order of Another State - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...
§ 36-5-2503. Employer’s Compliance With Two or More Income-Withholding Orders - If an obligor’s employer receives two (2) or more income-withholding...
§ 36-5-2504. Immunity From Civil Liability - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...
§ 36-5-2505. Penalties for Noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...
Part 26 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
§ 36-5-2601. Registration of Order for Enforcement - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
§ 36-5-2608. Confirmed Order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
§ 36-5-2609. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
§ 36-5-2610. Effect of Registration for Modification - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support...
§ 36-5-2612. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...
§ 36-5-2614. Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification - Within thirty (30) days after issuance of a modified child...
§ 36-5-2616. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
Part 27 - Support Proceeding Under Convention
§ 36-5-2701. Part Definitions - In this part: May be reviewed and modified by a...
§ 36-5-2702. Applicability - This part applies only to a support proceeding under the...
§ 36-5-2703. Relationship of State Department of Human Services to United States Central Authority - The department of human services of this state is recognized...
§ 36-5-2709. Partial Enforcement - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...
§ 36-5-2712. Personal Information — Limitation on Use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this part may be...
§ 36-5-2713. Record in Original Language — English Translation - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...
Part 28 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Interstate Rendition -
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...
§ 36-5-2902. Applicability - Parts 20-29 of this chapter apply to proceedings begun on...
§ 36-5-2903. Severability - If any provision of parts 20-29 of this chapter or...
Part 30 - Intercounty Enforcement and Modification
§ 36-5-3002. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires...
§ 36-5-3004. Procedure to Transfer Case - A case may be transferred by the clerk of the...
§ 36-5-3008. Acceptance of Transfer - The transferee court shall accept the transfer and shall not...
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...
§ 36-5-3102. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise clearly...
§ 36-5-3105. Notice of Registration of Order - When a support order issued in another county is registered,...
§ 36-5-3108. Effect of Confirmed Order - Unless it is shown by the nonrequesting party that notice...
§ 36-5-3109. Rights of the Department of Human Services - Whenever the department of human services is acting upon any...
§ 36-5-3110. Disbursement of Collections - In cases not subject to the centralized collection and disbursement...
Chapter 6 - Child Custody and Visitation
Part 1 - General Custody Provisions
§ 36-6-101. Decree for Custody and Support of Child — Enforcement — Juvenile Court Jurisdiction — Presumption of Parental Fitness — Educational Seminars - Code 1932, § 8454; Acts 1971, ch. 438, § 1;...
§ 36-6-105. Schools or Day Care Centers — Change in Physical Custody of Child - No school official shall permit a change in the physical...
§ 36-6-109. Notice of Hearing - If a parent or other suitable person is awarded sole...
§ 36-6-110. Rights of Noncustodial Parents - Except when the juvenile court or other appropriate court finds...
§ 36-6-111. Stay of Interlocutory or Final Judgment - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in all actions that...
§ 36-6-114. False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Furtherance of Litigation - Whenever a trial court finds that any person knowingly made...
§ 36-6-115. Requirements to Be Met by Parent for Return of Child Removed From Custody Due to Parent's Drug Abuse - When, in a private custody case not involving the department...
Part 2 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
§ 36-6-201. Short Title - This part may be cited as the “Uniform Child Custody...
§ 36-6-202. Construction and Purpose - This part shall be liberally construed and applied to promote...
§ 36-6-203. Evidentiary Use of Official Comments - In any dispute as to the proper construction of one...
§ 36-6-204. Official Comments to Be Included in This Part - The Tennessee code commission is hereby authorized and directed to...
§ 36-6-205. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 36-6-206. Applicability to Adoption or Emergency Medical Care Proceedings - This part does not govern an adoption proceeding or a...
§ 36-6-210. Priority of Jurisdictional Question in Proceedings - If a question of existence or exercise of jurisdiction under...
§ 36-6-218. Jurisdiction to Modify Foreign Decrees - Except as otherwise provided in § 36-6-219, a court of...
§ 36-6-226. Enforcement of International Orders Under the Hague Convention - A court of this state may enforce an order for...
§ 36-6-231. Proceeding for Enforcement of Registered Decree When Modification Procedures Are Pending in Another State - If a proceeding for enforcement under this part is commenced...
§ 36-6-233. Service of Petition and Order - Except as otherwise provided in § 36-6-235, the petition and...
§ 36-6-236. Award of Prevailing Party Fees, Costs and Expenses - The court may award the prevailing party, including a state,...
§ 36-6-237. Full Faith and Credit for Foreign Orders - A court of this state shall accord full faith and...
§ 36-6-238. Appeals - An appeal may be taken from a final order in...
§ 36-6-240. Law Enforcement Officer Powers - At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public...
§ 36-6-241. Respondent Liability for Costs and Expenses Incurred by Prosecutors, Public Officials and Law Enforcement Officers - If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court...
§ 36-6-242. Uniformity of Construction Among States - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 36-6-243. Actions Commenced Before June 14, 1999 - A motion or other request for relief made in a...
Part 3 - Visitation
§ 36-6-301. Visitation - After making an award of custody, the court shall, upon...
§ 36-6-304. Exposure of Child to Nudist Colony Prohibited - No person who has been granted visitation rights to a...
§ 36-6-305. Mediation in Cases Involving Domestic Abuse - In any proceeding concerning the visitation of a child, if...
§ 36-6-307. Determination of Best Interests of Child for Grandparent Visitations - In determining the best interests of the child under §...
Part 4 - Parenting Plans
§ 36-6-402. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:
§ 36-6-403. Temporary Parenting Plan - Except as may be specifically provided otherwise herein, a temporary...
§ 36-6-409. Procedures and Restrictions Applicable to Dispute Resolution - The following procedures and restrictions are applicable to the use...
§ 36-6-412. Gender - It is the legislative intent that the gender of the...
§ 36-6-414. Evaluation - The parenting plan processes established by this part shall be...
§ 36-6-415. Address for Purposes of Determining School Zoning - When the child is scheduled to reside an equal amount...
Part 5 - Parent Visitation
§ 36-6-501. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 36-6-506. Determining Noncompliance of Visitation - The court may certify in writing or by electronic data...
§ 36-6-509. Authorities Cooperating With the Court - The various licensing authorities shall cooperate with the court in...
§ 36-6-510. Filing of Motions - Nothing in this part prohibits a custodial or noncustodial parent...
Part 6 - Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act
§ 36-6-601. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 36-6-602. Part Definitions - In this part:
§ 36-6-603. Cooperation and Communication Among Courts - Sections 36-6-210, 36-6-211 and 36-6-212 apply to cooperation and communications...
§ 36-6-610. Duration of Abduction Prevention Order - An abduction prevention order remains in effect until the earliest...
§ 36-6-611. Uniformity of Application and Construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 36-6-612. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This part modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...
Chapter 7 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
§ 36-7-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 36-7-102. Chapter Definitions - In this chapter:
§ 36-7-103. Remedies for Noncompliance - In addition to other remedies under law of this state...
§ 36-7-107. Effect of Past or Future Deployment on Best Interest Considerations - In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of...
Part 2 - Temporary Custody Agreements
§ 36-7-204. Grant and Revocation of Power of Attorney - A deploying parent, by power of attorney, may delegate all...
§ 36-7-205. Filing of Agreement or Power of Attorney With Court - An agreement or power of attorney under this part must...
Part 3 - Court Proceedings to Obtain Temporary Custody Order
§ 36-7-301. “Close and Substantial Relationship” Defined - In this part, “close and substantial relationship” means a relationship...
§ 36-7-303. Expedited Hearing - If an action to grant custodial responsibility is filed under...
§ 36-7-304. Testimony by Electronic Means - In a proceeding under this part, a party or witness...
§ 36-7-305. Effect of Prior Judicial Order or Agreement - In a proceeding for a grant of custodial responsibility pursuant...
§ 36-7-309. Order for Child Support - If a court has issued an order granting caretaking authority...
Part 4 - Termination of Order
§ 36-7-401. Termination of Temporary Order Providing for Modification of Child Custody Decree - A temporary order entered under this chapter providing for a...
Part 5 - Applicability and Construction
§ 36-7-501. Application and Construction of Uniform Law - In applying and construing this uniform law, consideration must be...
§ 36-7-502. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in...
§ 36-7-503. Applicability of Chapter - This chapter does not affect the validity of a temporary...