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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-237 (2026)

Full faith and credit for foreign orders

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A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this part which enforces a child-custody determination by a court of another state unless the order has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under this part.

Acts 1999, ch. 389, § 38.

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Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Patrick Richard Moorcroft v. Flora Templeton Stuart v. Natalie Talmage Moorcroft (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015).
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Patrick Richard Moorcroft v. Flora Templeton Stuart v. Natalie Talmage Moorcroft (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “01 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, “for the limited purpose of defending [Mother’s] challenge to the constitutionality of Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-6-237 ; and 36-6-205(3) and (4).”
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