2010 Tennessee Code
Title 37 - Juveniles
Chapter 1 - Juvenile Courts and Proceedings
Part 4 - Mandatory Child Abuse Reports
37-1-401 - Part definitions.

37-1-401. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Child” means a person who is under eighteen (18) years of age or who is reasonably presumed to be under eighteen (18) years of age;

     (2)  “Department” means the department of children's services; and

     (3)  “Report of harm” means a report filed under § 37-1-403.

[Acts 1973, ch. 81, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1; T.C.A., § 37-1201; Acts 1987, ch. 145, § 25; 1988, ch. 964, § 4; 1996, ch. 1079, § 73.]