Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-5-3110

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the original or registering court, or the clerk of any court who has been designated by either of those courts to collect support payments for such court. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3102
  • Court: means a juvenile, circuit, or chancery court or other court of this state with jurisdiction to enter support or custody orders. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3102
  • Issuing court: means the court that entered the order sought to be enforced in the registering court. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3102
  • Obligee: means an individual or agency to whom a support obligation is owed by an obligor. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3102

In cases not subject to the centralized collection and disbursement unit pursuant to § 36-5-116, when the clerk of the court of the registering county collects the support that has been enforced by the court of the registering county pursuant to this part, the clerk shall send the support amount, less the statutory fee of the clerk, directly to the obligee, but the clerk shall not send the support amount to the issuing court from which the original order was issued and that was registered for enforcement pursuant to this part.