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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-7-302

Proceeding for temporary custody order

Known as the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act

The act spans §§ 36–36 (26 sections).

Acts 2014, ch. 798, § 1.

(1) After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment terminates, a court may issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility unless prohibited by the Service Members Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. Appendix Sections 521 and 522), and may not issue a permanent order granting custodial responsibility without the consent of the deploying parent.

(2) At any time after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment, either parent may file an action regarding custodial responsibility of a child during deployment. A motion must be filed in a pending proceeding for custodial responsibility in a court with jurisdiction under § 36-7-104 or, if there is no pending proceeding in a court with jurisdiction under § 36-7-104, in a new complaint for granting custodial responsibility during deployment.

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.