Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-320 (2026)
Indigency
✓ current as of May 2026
Indigency shall be determined, and counsel and court reporters appointed and reimbursed, as now provided for criminal and habeas corpus cases by title 40, chapter 14, parts 2 and 3.
Acts 1978, ch. 750, § 20; T.C.A., § 37-1720.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2022 · leading case: Codie Hadley v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022).
Codie Hadley v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “Although indigent juvenile petitioners are entitled to the appointment of counsel, see Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-320 , just as indigent adult petitioners, see Tenn.”
State v. Ewing (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “” The petition further requested the appointment of counsel as required by T.C.A. § 37-1-320 and that the order of the juvenile court be set aside insofar as it imposes a determinate sentence and asks that the case be remanded to the Juvenile Court of Madison County for…”
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