Tennessee Family Law Flashcards
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Under Tennessee's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), once a Tennessee court issues a child support order, other states must:
Answer: Register and enforce the Tennessee order without modification
Under UIFSA as adopted by Tennessee (T.C.A. § 36-5-2001 et seq.), only one support order is valid at a time, and other states must register and enforce the issuing state's order.
In Tennessee, legal adoption terminates the biological parents' parental rights and creates what relationship between the adoptive parent and child?
Answer: A full parent-child relationship as if the child were born to the adoptive parent
Under T.C.A. § 36-1-121, a completed adoption creates a full parent-child relationship between adoptive parent and child, with all rights and duties of biological parenthood.
Tennessee's putative father registry (T.C.A. § 36-2-318) requires an unmarried biological father to register within how many days of a child's birth to preserve his right to notice in adoption proceedings?
Answer: 30 days
An unmarried biological father must register with Tennessee's putative father registry within 30 days of the child's birth to receive notice of adoption proceedings.
Under Tennessee law, grandparent visitation rights may be ordered by a court only when:
Answer: Denial of visitation would pose a substantial risk of harm to the child
Under T.C.A. § 36-6-306, Tennessee courts may order grandparent visitation only upon finding that denying visitation would pose a substantial risk of harm to the child's emotional or mental well-being.
In Tennessee, legal separation (separate maintenance) differs from divorce primarily because:
Answer: The parties remain legally married and cannot remarry
A Tennessee separate maintenance action allows courts to divide property and set support while the parties remain legally married, as opposed to a divorce which dissolves the marriage.
Under Tennessee law, the age at which a minor child's stated preference for custody is given significant weight by the court is:
Answer: Age 12 and older
Under T.C.A. § 36-6-106(a)(13), the preference of a child age 12 or older is given significant weight in Tennessee custody determinations, though the court retains discretion.
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