Tennessee § 36-5-2701 - Part definitions.

§ 36-5-2701. Part definitions.

In this part: “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority; “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in § 36-5-2101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention; “Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in § 36-5-2101(5)(D); “Direct request” means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of this state in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States; “Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in § 36-5-2101(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention; “Foreign support agreement”: Means an agreement for support in a record that: Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin; Has been: Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention; and “United States central authority” means the secretary of the United States department of health and human services. Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Part 20, § 36-5-2001 (Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 2), concerning the short title for title 36, ch. 5, parts 20-29, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1, upon completion of the provisions in § 2 of the act. Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 2, as amended by Acts 2016, ch. 664, § 4, provided that: “This act shall take effect when the department of human services files a notice with the secretary of state who shall publish the notice in the Tennessee Administrative Register on the secretary of state's web site, citing the effective date, which shall occur no later than April 1, 2016, the public welfare requiring it.” The date published by the secretary of state in the Tennessee Administrative Register was March 31, 2016.