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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-7-201

Form of temporary agreement during deployment

Known as the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

The act spans §§ 36-7-101 to 36-7-503 (26 sections).

Acts 2014, ch. 798, § 1.

(1) The parents of a child may enter into a temporary agreement under this part granting custodial responsibility during deployment.

(2) An agreement under subsection (a) must be: In writing; and

(3) Signed by both parents and any nonparent to whom custodial responsibility is granted.

(4) Subject to subsection (d), an agreement under subsection (a), if feasible, must: Identify the destination, duration, and conditions of the deployment that is the basis for the agreement;

(5) Specify the allocation of caretaking authority among the deploying parent, the other parent, and any nonparent;

(6) Specify any decision-making authority that accompanies a grant of caretaking authority;

(7) Specify any grant of limited contact to a nonparent;

(8) If under the agreement custodial responsibility is shared by the other parent and a nonparent, or by other nonparents, provide a process to resolve any dispute that may arise;

(9) Specify the frequency, duration, and means, including electronic means, by which the deploying parent will have contact with the child, any role to be played by the other parent in facilitating the contact, and the allocation of any costs of contact;

(10) Specify the contact between the deploying parent and child during the time the deploying parent is on leave or is otherwise available;

(11) Acknowledge that any party's child-support obligation cannot be modified by the agreement, and that changing the terms of the obligation during deployment requires modification in the appropriate court;

(12) Provide that the agreement will terminate according to the procedures under part 4 of this chapter after the deploying parent returns from deployment; and

(13) Specify which parent is required to file the agreement with a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to § 36-7-205.

(14) The omission of any of the items specified in subsection (c) does not invalidate an agreement under this section.

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.