(a) When an order is registered by the department of human services or its contractors, the fee shall be waived for the department or its contractors.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-5-3111

  • 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
  • Department: means the department of human services or its contractor. 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
  • Registering court: means the court in which a support order is registered for enforcement only. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3102
(b) The respondent shall be liable for the costs of the issuing court and the registering court together with the required filing fee, upon the court finding the respondent liable for the failure to pay the support as required by the registered order. The costs shall be apportioned between the clerks of the issuing court and the registering court according to their fees, costs and the taxes due.
(c) The clerk shall file any request for registration and carry out the requirements of this part, even without receiving the appropriate fee for such request. If not paid, such sum shall be added to the cost bill to be assessed by the registering court.
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