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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2211

Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Giese v. Giese (2017)

Most recently applied in Giese v. Giese (September 2017)

Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.

(1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

(2) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(3) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as: An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or

(4) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.

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.