Tennessee § 36-5-2705 - Direct request.

§ 36-5-2705. Direct request.

A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, §§ 36-5-2706 — 36-5-2713 apply. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement: A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances. A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the department of human services. This part does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement. 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 Part 20, § 36-5-2001 (Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 2), concerning the short title for title 36, ch. 5, parts 20-29, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1, upon completion of the provisions in § 2 of the act.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.