Tennessee § 37-5-208 Procedure for commitment - Form

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§ 37-5-208 — Procedure for commitment - Form

Tennessee § 37-5-208

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-5-208 (2026).

Text

(a)A judge committing a child under eighteen (18) years of age to the department shall make out and sign a commitment on a form provided by the department and certified to by the clerk under the seal of the court.

(b)Such commitment form, together with information of a social nature, shall be forwarded with the child.

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Legislative History

Acts 1955, ch. 127, § 9; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-835; Acts 1989, ch. 278, § 65; T.C.A., § 41-5-113; Acts 1996, ch. 1079, § 137.