2010 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support
Part 31 - Enforcement Without Transfer of Jurisdiction
36-5-3104 - Effect of registration of order.

36-5-3104. Effect of registration of order.

(a)  A support order issued in another county is registered for enforcement pursuant to this part when the order is filed in the registering court and the requirements of § 36-5-3103(a) are met.

(b)  A registered order originally issued in another county is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a court of the registering county.

(c)  Except as otherwise provided in this part, a court of the registering county shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered order.

[Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 6.]  

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