A juvenile in the custody of the department of children's services pursuant to a commitment by a juvenile court of this state may petition for post-commitment relief under this part at any time after the juvenile has exhausted the juvenile's appellate remedies or time for an appeal to the circuit court pursuant to § 37-1-159, or the juvenile's appeal in the nature of a writ of error from the judgment of the circuit court has passed and before the juvenile has been discharged from the custody of the department.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-302
Petition for post-commitment relief
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case John v. Adams (1992)
Most recently applied in State v. Rodgers (August 2007)
Acts 1978, ch. 750, § 2; T.C.A., § 37-1702; Acts 1989, ch. 278, § 34; 1996, ch. 1079, § 73.
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