Title 36, Domestic Relations

(a) The court may enter an order of parentage upon the agreement of the mother and father unless the court on its own motion orders genetic testing. In any such agreement, the mother and father must affirmatively acknowledge their parentage of the child. Any agreement under this …

An action to establish the parentage of a child may be instituted before or after the birth of the child and until three (3) years beyond the child's age of majority. This chapter shall not affect the relationship of parent and child as established in § 31-2-105.

(a) (1) The juvenile court or any trial court with general jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction of an action brought under this chapter; provided, that, in any county having a population not less than eight hundred twenty-five thousand (825,000) nor more than eight hundred thirty…

(a) The trial shall be without a jury. (b) Hearings under this section shall be expedited on the court's civil docket. (c) Upon proper motion, default judgment shall be entered against the defendant upon showing of service of process on the defendant where the defendant has faile…

(a) Tests for parentage in actions arising pursuant to this part or in any actions to determine parentage shall be conducted pursuant to § 24-7-112. (b) The state of Tennessee, its officers, employees, agents or contractors shall not be liable to any person for, nor be ordered to…

The court shall, upon motion of the party, enter a temporary order of child support pending the final determination of paternity upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence of parentage on the basis of genetic tests.

(a) Upon establishing parentage, the court shall make an order declaring the father of the child. This order shall include the following:(1) Full names and residential and mailing addresses of the mother, father and child, if known;(2) Dates of birth and social security numbers o…

(a) In any case that is brought by the department of human services or its contractors, the Title IV-D child support office shall have no authority to represent the state of Tennessee on issues of custody or parental access. The fact that custody and parental access are sought in…

(a) When, under this chapter, the relationship of father and child is established, the child shall be entitled to inherit from the father as if born to the father in wedlock. (b) When an order of parentage has been entered, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the commissione…

(a) In all contested custody cases involving unmarried parties and where a paternity test by an accredited laboratory is known to exist or has been requested of or by the court, the court shall, consistent with due process, expedite the contested custody proceeding by entering su…

An appeal from any final order of parentage as provided for in this chapter may be taken to the court of appeals pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.

(a) No child born out of wedlock shall be deprived of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law. (b) Any person, including any employee or official of any governmental agency, who deprives any person of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law, by reason of t…

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.

(a) The department of children's services shall establish a putative father registry, which shall be maintained by the department's adoptions unit in the department's state office in Nashville. (b) The registrar of the division of vital records of the department of health shall n…

(a) In any case in which the court enters an order of support in a case enforced under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), the court shall enter an order providing for health care coverage to be provided for the child or children. (b) Section 36-5-501…

In establishing paternity or enforcing any provision of child support, if the party seeking to establish paternity or to enforce an order of support specifically prays for revocation of a license, or if the court determines on its own motion or on motion of the party seeking to e…

Judgments for child support payments for each child subject to the order for child support pursuant to this part shall be enforceable without limitation as to time.

In any case in which a child is receiving assistance under a state program funded under the Social Security Act, Title IV-A (42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.), including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, chapter 3, part 1, and the payment of support for…

This chapter provides a single means to establish parentage of children born of donated embryo transfer to recipient intended parent. It is intended to promote the interests of children who may be born as a result of donated embryo transfer. It is the intent that no adoption purs…

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Embryo” or “human embryo” means an individual fertilized ovum of the human species from the single-cell stage to eight-week development;(2) “Embryo parentage” means the acceptance of rights and responsibilities for an embryo by a recipient intended p…

(a) (1) A legal embryo custodian may relinquish all rights and responsibilities for an embryo prior to embryo transfer. A written contract shall be entered into as appropriate when establishing embryo parentage prior to embryo transfer for the legal transfer of rights to an embry…