Tennessee § 37-1-108 - Commencement of proceedings.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 37-1-108 — Commencement of proceedings., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-1-108. Commencement of proceedings.
A proceeding under this part may be commenced: By transfer of a case from another court as provided in § 37-1-109; As provided in § 37-1-146 in a proceeding charging the violation of a traffic offense; By the court accepting jurisdiction as provided in § 37-1-142 or accepting supervision of a child as provided in § 37-1-144; or In other cases by the filing of a petition as provided in this part or by issuing a citation as authorized by law. The petition and all other documents in the proceeding, other than a citation, shall be entitled “In the matter of _____, a child under eighteen (18) years of age.” Acts 1970, ch. 600, § 8; T.C.A., § 37-208; Acts 2016, ch. 598, § 1. Amendments. The 2016 amendment substituted “37-1-142” for “37-1-141” and “37-1-144” for “37-1-143” in (3) and added “or by issuing a citation as authorized by law” to the end of the first sentence in (4) and inserted “, other than a citation,” following “proceeding” in the middle of the second sentence of (4). Effective Dates. Acts 2016, ch. 598, § 5. July 1, 2016. Law Reviews. A Critical Survey of Developments in Tennessee Family Law in 1976-77, VI. Juvenile Courts (Neil P. Cohen), 45 Tenn. L. Rev. 469 (1978).
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Section 37-1-108 ("Commencement of proceedings.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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