This chapter provides a single cause of action to establish parentage of children other than establishment by adoption pursuant to chapter 1 of this title, or by acknowledgement of parentage pursuant to §§ 68-3-203(g), 68-3-302 or 68-3-305(b).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-301
Statement of purpose
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case In re C.K.G. (2005)
Most recently applied in Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig (October 2012)
Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.
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