Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-222 (2026)
Personal jurisdiction based upon enduring relationship
✓ current as of May 2026
A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over:
- (1) A person domiciled in, organized under the laws of, or maintaining the person's principal place of business in, the state as to any claim for relief; or
- (2) A person who is a party to an action of divorce, annulment or separate maintenance when the parties have lived in the marital relationship within this state, notwithstanding one party's subsequent departure from this state, as to all obligations arising for alimony, custody, child support, child visitation or marital dissolution agreement, if the other party to the marital relationship continues to reside in this state.
Acts 1997, ch. 226, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2024 · leading case: Gordon v. Greenview Hosp., Inc., 300 S.W.3d 635 (Tenn. 2009).
Gordon v. Greenview Hosp., Inc., 300 S.W.3d 635 (Tenn. 2009). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-222(a) permits Tennessee’s courts to exercise jurisdiction over corporations that maintain their “principal place of business” in Tennessee.”
In Re Est. of Miriam L. Rinehart, 363 S.W.3d 186 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-222 (“A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over .”
Functional Pathways of Tenn., LLC v. Wilson Senior Care, Inc., 866 F. Supp. 2d 918 (E.D. Tenn. 2012). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-222 . However, while said provision expressly grants general jurisdiction in three instances, it is not the exclusive source of Tennessee courts’ general jurisdiction.”
State of Tennessee v. Shirley Spina, 99 S.W.3d 596 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-222(1). We hold that, for purposes of prosecuting offenses under the custodial interference statute, children subject to custodial orders are “found” at the residence of their custodial parent.”
Primary Residential Mortg., Inc. v. Sheri Baker (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-222 (1) (2009); State ex rel.”
Berkeley Rsch. Grp., LLC v. S. Advanced Materials, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “3d at 385 ; see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-222 (“A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over: .”
Orion Pac., Inc. v. Exch. Plastics Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “1970), a case whose facts are somewhat similar to those before us, yet one in which our 1 We also note that many of these same provisions are repeated in Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 20-2-222 to -225. -3- Supreme Court reached a contrary conclusion.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-222(1) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Shirley Spina, 99 S.W.3d 596 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-222(1). We hold that, for purposes of prosecuting offenses under the custodial interference statute, children subject to custodial orders are “found” at the residence of their custodial parent.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-2-222(a) — 1 case
Gordon v. Greenview Hosp., Inc., 300 S.W.3d 635 (Tenn. 2009). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 20-2-222(a) permits Tennessee’s courts to exercise jurisdiction over corporations that maintain their “principal place of business” in Tennessee.”
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