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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...
§ 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...