Tennessee Statutes
§ 37-2-301 — Authority to provide
Tennessee § 37-2-301
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-2-301 (2026).
Text
Counties, through their county legislative bodies, are authorized and empowered to set up subsidized receiving homes for the care of dependent, neglected or abandoned children, or children without proper parental care or guardianship, whenever an order is made by proper resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members constituting the legislative body and placed on the minutes of the legislative body.
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Legislative History
Acts 1949, ch. 222, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4746.1 (Williams, § 4765.119); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 37-601.
Nearby Sections
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Probation officers§ 37-1-106
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Magistrates§ 37-1-108
Commencement of proceedings§ 37-1-111
Venue§ 37-1-113
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 37-2-301, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/37-2-301.