Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (2026)
Proceedings under parts 20-29 of this chapter
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Except as otherwise provided in parts 20-29 of this chapter, this part applies to all proceedings under parts 20-29 of this chapter.
- (b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under parts 20-29 of this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
Acts 2010 , ch. 901, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Jolly v. Jolly, 130 S.W.3d 783 (Tenn. 2004).
Jolly v. Jolly, 130 S.W.3d 783 (Tenn. 2004). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (Supp.1999); Tenn.”
State, ex rel., Tynesha April Dior Moody v. Damond Julian Roker (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). “]” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (b). According to Appellee’s reasoning, then, Tennessee must be “another state,” as referenced in section 36-5-2301(b), and Mother, as a resident of Georgia, was therefore allowed to file her petition in a Tennessee tribunal, as long as that…”
Michael Todd Highfill v. Heather (Highfill) Moody (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (a)(6) and 2701.”
State of Tennessee ex rel. Michelle Strickland v. Terry Copley (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “A recent case explains: Interstate jurisdictional questions involving child support and arrearage matters are governed by the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“UIFSA”), Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2001 et seq. Proceedings to determine parentage are also governed by the UIFSA.”
Richard Jolly v. Lynette Jolly (Tenn. 2004). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (Supp. 1999); Tenn.”
Christina Cliburn v. Paul David Bergeron (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (a) (3) & (6).”
David New v. Lavinia Dumitrache (2020). “2004) (holding that the chancery court erred by enforcing a decree that was not properly registered under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (Supp. 1999)); Tenn.”
State ex rel. Laronda Johnson v. Jacob C. Morton (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “§ 36-5-2301(b) (2021) (authorizing a support enforcement agency to initiate a proceeding to establish child support).”
State of Tennessee, ex rel. Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Steven Farmer (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “In August 2006, Kentucky requested enforcement assistance from the Tennessee Child Support Services, pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (“UIFSA”), Tennessee Code Annotated § 36-5-2301, et seq. On September 22, 2006, Kentucky registered the Texas child support…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301(b) — 2 cases
State, ex rel., Tynesha April Dior Moody v. Damond Julian Roker (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). “]” Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2301 (b). According to Appellee’s reasoning, then, Tennessee must be “another state,” as referenced in section 36-5-2301(b), and Mother, as a resident of Georgia, was therefore allowed to file her petition in a Tennessee tribunal, as long as that…”
State ex rel. Laronda Johnson v. Jacob C. Morton (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “§ 36-5-2301(b) (2021) (authorizing a support enforcement agency to initiate a proceeding to establish child support).”
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