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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-317 (2024)

Official references to illegitimacy

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No explicit references shall be made to illegitimacy in any legal proceeding, record, certificates or other papers except the departments of human services and health may keep records of out-of-wedlock births.

Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1999–2007 · leading case: Lanier v. Rains, 229 S.W.3d 656 (Tenn. 2007).
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Lanier v. Rains, 229 S.W.3d 656 (Tenn. 2007). · cites it 2× “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-2-317 (2005). 2 . See 1997 Tenn.”
White v. Armstrong, No. 01A01-9712-JV-00735, 1999 WL 33085 (Tenn. Ct. App. Jan. 27, 1999). · cites it 2× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-317 (Supp. 1998). -8- Accordingly, we rem and the ca se with directions to enter an order granting Mr.”
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