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2016 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 3 - Marriage
Part 6 - Domestic Abuse
- § 36-3-601. Part definitions.
- § 36-3-602. Application of part -- Venue. [Effective until January 1, 2017. See version effective on January 1, 2017.]
- § 36-3-602. Application of part -- Venue. [Effective on January 1, 2017. See version effective until January 1, 2017.]
- § 36-3-603. Duration of protection order -- Petition for protection order in divorce action.
- § 36-3-604. Forms.
- § 36-3-605. Protection order -- Extension -- Hearing.
- § 36-3-606. Scope of protection order.
- § 36-3-607. Bond not required.
- § 36-3-608. Duration of protection order -- Modification.
- § 36-3-609. Copies of protection order to be issued.
- § 36-3-610. Violation of order or consent agreement -- Civil or criminal contempt -- Financial penalty.
- § 36-3-611. Arrest for violation of protection order.
- § 36-3-612. Violation of protection order or restraining order -- Elements -- Arrest -- Notification to protected party -- Continued validity and enforceability.
- § 36-3-613. Leaving residence or use of necessary force -- Right to relief unaffected.
- § 36-3-614. Failure to contest parentage -- Parentage tests and comparisons.
- § 36-3-615. Notification to victim that family or household member arrested for assault may be released on bond.
- § 36-3-616. Domestic violence community education fund.
- § 36-3-617. Protection order -- Filing costs and assistance.
- § 36-3-618. Purpose -- Legislative intent.
- § 36-3-619. Officer response -- Primary aggressor -- Factors -- Reports -- Notice to victim of legal rights. [Effective until January 1, 2017. See version effective on January 1, 2017.]
- § 36-3-619. Officer response -- Primary aggressor -- Factors -- Reports -- Notice to victim of legal rights. [Effective on January 1, 2017. See version effective until January 1, 2017.]
- § 36-3-620. Seizure of weapons in possession of alleged domestic abuser.
- § 36-3-621. [Repealed.]
- § 36-3-622. Out-of-state protection orders.
- § 36-3-623. Confidentiality of records of shelters or centers.
- § 36-3-624. Death review teams established -- Protocol -- Composition of teams -- Disclosure of communications -- Authority to subpoena.
- § 36-3-625. Disclosures to respondent regarding firearms possession upon issuance of an order of protection -- Orders and instructions to respondent -- Affidavit of firearms dispossession -- Lawful means of dispossession of firearms -- Offense of failure to dispossess firearms.
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