Tennessee Code 36-2-313 – Inheritance of child from father – Information to commissioner of health – Recovery of fees paid by the department of health – New birth certificates
(a) When, under this chapter, the relationship of father and child is established, the child shall be entitled to inherit from the father as if born to the father in wedlock.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-2-313
Court: means the juvenile court or any trial court with general jurisdiction. See Tennessee Code 36-2-302
Father: means the biological father of a child born out of wedlock. See Tennessee Code 36-2-302
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) When an order of parentage has been entered, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the commissioner of health, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, a written notification as to such order, together with such other facts as may assist in identifying the birth record of the child whose parentage is at issue. The form shall contain at a minimum the information required by § 36-2-311(a)(1)-(8). If such order shall be abrogated by a later judgment or order of the same or a higher court, that fact shall be immediately communicated in writing to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, by the clerk of the court that entered such order, if the information is available in the court records.(c) The court shall include in each order of parentage an order that the nonprevailing party or, if parentage was not contested, the person who is being confirmed as the father of the child by the order of parentage, pay into the court an amount equal to the sum of any fees required to be paid by the department of health, or any successor to the department, for the processing or issuance of a birth certificate. Any money paid into court pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be received by the clerk and paid out by the clerk as required by subsection (d).(d) When an order of parentage has been entered, the clerk of the court shall immediately transmit a certified copy of the order and the completed application for a new certificate of birth by parentage to the registrar of vital records, who shall issue a new certificate of birth by parentage in conformity with the rules and regulations of the department of health. Upon receipt of the fee required by the department of health, the clerk shall transmit the fee to the registrar of vital records. Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, the registrar shall not be required to issue a new certificate of birth until the fee is paid.
