Tennessee § 33-3-603 - Jurisdiction and venue.

§ 33-3-603. Jurisdiction and venue.

The complaint may be filed in a county in which the defendant resides or may be found. If the defendant is in a developmental center, hospital, or treatment resource, the complaint shall be filed where the person is, and jurisdiction of the proceedings may be transferred for good cause to the court of residence. This venue requirement does not apply to complaints filed in accordance with § 33-7-301 or § 33-7-303. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this title, only the following courts have jurisdiction over the complaint: Chancery court; Circuit court; Juvenile courts in proceedings held by judges who are lawyers or by referees; Probate court in counties having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and Court of general sessions in counties having a metropolitan form of government and having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census; provided, that the jurisdiction conferred by this subdivision (b)(5) is conferred only for petitions concerning mandatory outpatient treatment. Acts 1983, ch. 323, § 9; T.C.A., § 33-362; Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 16; 1985, ch. 437, § 13; 1986, ch. 570, § 4; 1986, ch. 836, § 5; 1994, ch. 743, § 1; 2000, ch. 947, § 1. Compiler's Notes. For table of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Mental Illness, Intellectual Disabilities, and Other Incapacities, § 4. Attorney General Opinions. Salary supplements for mental health commitment jurisdiction, OAG 94-84, 1994 Tenn. AG LEXIS 87 (8/5/94). Compensation of juvenile court referee in mental health commitment proceedings, OAG 94-121, 1994 Tenn. AG LEXIS 87 (10/10/94).