Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306 (2026)
Statute of limitations
✓ current as of May 2026
An action to establish the parentage of a child may be instituted before or after the birth of the child and until three (3) years beyond the child's age of majority. This chapter shall not affect the relationship of parent and child as established in § 31-2-105.
Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases, 1999–2014 · leading case: Lanier v. Rains, 229 S.W.3d 656 (Tenn. 2007).
Lanier v. Rains, 229 S.W.3d 656 (Tenn. 2007). “3 Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-2-306 (2005) (emphasis added).”
Berryhill v. Rhodes, 21 S.W.3d 188 (Tenn. 2000). “§ 36-2-103(b)(1) (repealed in 1997; corresponding section at Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-2-306). Furthermore, courts are required to apply the Child Support Guidelines as a rebuttable presumption in determining support, and the 1994 guidelines explicitly provide "that the rebuttable…”
State Ex Rel. Cihlar v. Crawford, 39 S.W.3d 172 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “In 1998, the General Assembly amended Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-2-304(b) to shorten the two-year limitations period to twelve months and to limit the circumstances to which it would apply.”
Tallent v. Cates, 45 S.W.3d 556 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “§ 36-2-103(b)(l)(repealed in 1997, corresponding section at Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-2-306). Furthermore, courts are required to apply the Child Support Guidelines as a rebuttable presumption in determining support, and the 1994 guidelines explicitly provide “that the rebuttable…”
Jordan Ashton Danelz v. John Gayden, M.D. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306 . Once parentage is established by genetic testing, the statutes set forth certain actions to be taken by the trial court: (a) Upon establishing parentage, the court shall make an order declaring the father of the child.”
William Alan Watermeier v. Sherry Dunaway Moss & Thomas R. Moss III (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306 (1997). On appeal, the parties agree that Mother and Moss were married and living together at the time of conception.”
Anna May Diggs v. Reneese Carter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “She reasserted the defenses of failure to state a claim and standing and also asserted the statute of limitations set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated § 36-2-306 and § 28-3-110. Ms. Carter contended that Appellants failed to establish paternity within three years of attaining…”
In Re: Annie Christina Harris (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306 (Supp. 1998); 1997 Tenn.”
In Re Lindsay R. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306 (2010). Lindsay R.”
Dana Allanmore Smith v. Angela Childress Smith (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 36-2-103 (b)(1) (repealed in 1997; corresponding section at Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306 ). Furthermore, courts are required to apply the Child Support Guidelines as a rebuttable presumption in determining support, and the 1994 guidelines explicitly provide "that the rebuttable…”
State, ex rel, Purlie Page v. Ricardo Trabal (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “Tenn. Code Ann. §36-2-306 . We find the Trial Court erred in holding that the mother’s action was barred by laches.”
State, ex rel Kandy Bissonette v. Joseph Marland, III, In Re: KRB (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306 . (This statute was in effect at the time this paternity action was filed in 1997.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-306(a) — 2 cases
Lanier v. Rains, 229 S.W.3d 656 (Tenn. 2007). “3 Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-2-306 (2005) (emphasis added).”
State Ex Rel. Cihlar v. Crawford, 39 S.W.3d 172 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “In 1998, the General Assembly amended Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-2-304(b) to shorten the two-year limitations period to twelve months and to limit the circumstances to which it would apply.”
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