If a child has suffered either sexual abuse or aggravated child abuse at the hands of a parent, legal guardian or caregiver, that child shall not be placed back in the care of the abusive party unless the judge finds by clear and convincing evidence that a threat to the child's safety no longer exists.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-167
Removal from abusive parent or other party
Acts 1994, ch. 978, § 6.
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