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Tenn. Code Ann. § 34-8-106

Taking testimony in another state

Known as the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

The act spans §§ 34-8-101–34-8-503 (22 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Terri Ann Kelly v. Willard Reed Kelly (2014)

Most recently applied in Terri Ann Kelly v. Willard Reed Kelly (September 2014)

Acts 2010, ch. 817, § 1.

(1) In a conservatorship or guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken.

(2) In a conservatorship or guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this state may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(3) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.