Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-6-204

  • Child: means an individual who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 36-6-205
  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

The Tennessee code commission is hereby authorized and directed to include as Official Comments those comment provisions pertaining to the corresponding sections of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, which shall be transmitted to the commission with this act.