Absent an order of custody to the contrary, custody of a child born out of wedlock is with the mother.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-303
Custody with mother absent an order of custody
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In re C.K.G. (2005)
Most recently applied in In Re CKG (October 2005)
Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.
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.