2014 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support
Part-1 26 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act -- Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order [Effective on date designated by the department of human services]
C Registration and Modification of Child Support Order of Another State [Effective on date designated by the department of human services.]
§ 36-5-2613 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state. [Effective on date designated by the department of human services. See the Compiler's Notes.]

TN Code § 36-5-2613 (2014) What's This?

(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of parts 21 and 22 of this chapter and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Parts 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28 of this chapter do not apply.

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