The general sessions courts shall exercise juvenile court jurisdiction in all of the counties of this state, except in the counties or municipalities in which juvenile courts are, or may hereafter be, specially provided by law; provided, that only general sessions court judges who are attorneys may order commitment of a delinquent child to the department of children's services.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-203
Jurisdiction of general sessions court
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wilson v. Johnson County (1994)
Most recently applied in Wilson v. Johnson County (June 1994)
Acts 1982, ch. 934, § 3; T.C.A., § 37-263; Acts 1989, ch. 278, § 37; 1996, ch. 1079, §§ 73, 108.
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