Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-1003 (2026)
Judicial review of administrative actions
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the judicial review of the administrative hearing decisions of the department of human services pursuant to this part shall be conducted by the court having jurisdiction of the support order as otherwise provided by § 4-5-322.
- (b) If any administrative action of the department pursuant to this part is not based upon an existing order of support or paternity, the party seeking judicial review shall file the petition for review of the department's actions in the chancery court of the county of the person's residence, or the county where an entity was served with an administrative subpoena or was notified of a request for information. If the department is enforcing any order of a Title IV-D agency of any other state and there has been no assumption of jurisdiction of the support order by a Tennessee court, the petition for judicial review shall be filed in the county of the residence of the person in Tennessee against whom the request, administrative order or administrative subpoena is issued or the county where an entity was served with an administrative order, administrative subpoena or was notified of a request for information. No judicial review may result in the forgiveness of any support arrearages.
- (c) The judicial review shall be limited to the review of the record of the department's hearing as otherwise provided in § 4-5-322.
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 16.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 2002–2008 · leading case: Hawkins v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 127 S.W.3d 749 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002).
Hawkins v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 127 S.W.3d 749 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “§ 36-5-1003 (providing that judicial review of administrative decisions relative to Title IV-D child support services lies with the court having jurisdiction of the support order or the court in the county of the person’s residence or the county where an entity was served with a…”
Rhonda Anderson v. Lester Jarrett & Melinda Benson v. Herman Harris (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-1003 (a) (2001). In the present case, the trial court focused on the language in section 36-5-1003(a) that directs the reader to section 4-5-322 of the Tennessee Code.”
Michael Wallace Sherrod v. Tennessee Dep't of Human Serv. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Sherrod filed a petition for judicial review of the final DHS order in the Circuit Court for Robertson County under Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-1003 . Under that statute, the court’s review is limited to the record of the department’s hearing.”
Barton Hawkins v. Dept of Corr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “13 human services in a contested case are filed in either the county which is the official residence of the commissioner or the county of residence of any of the petitioners; petitions to review decisions of the TRA are filed in the court of appeals); Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-1003…”
Larry Butler v. Gwendolyn Butler (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “Section 36-5-1003 of the Tennessee Code A nnotated refers to a judicial review of the outcome of such an administrative hearing.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-1003(a) — 1 case
Rhonda Anderson v. Lester Jarrett & Melinda Benson v. Herman Harris (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-1003 (a) (2001). In the present case, the trial court focused on the language in section 36-5-1003(a) that directs the reader to section 4-5-322 of the Tennessee Code.”
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