2010 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 2 - Paternity
Part 3 - Paternity and Legitimation
36-2-302 - Definitions.
36-2-302. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Child born out of wedlock means a child born to parents who are not married to each other when the child was born;
(2) Court means the juvenile court or any trial court with general jurisdiction;
(3) Father means the biological father of a child born out of wedlock;
(4) Mother means the biological mother of a child born out of wedlock;
(5) Parent means the biological mother or biological father of a child, regardless of the marital status of the mother and father; and
(6) Father, mother, and parent do not include a biological parent whose parental rights have been terminated for a child whose parentage is at issue.
[Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.]
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