Tennessee Statutes

§ 36-7-302 — Proceeding for temporary custody order

Tennessee § 36-7-302

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-7-302 (2026).

Text

(a)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.
(b)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 custodia

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Legislative History

Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 798,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.

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