Tennessee § 36-5-2707 - Contest of registered Convention support order.

§ 36-5-2707. Contest of registered Convention support order.

Except as otherwise provided in this part, §§ 36-5-2605—36-5-2608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty (30) days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than sixty (60) days after notice of the registration. If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention support order by the time specified in subsection (b), the order is enforceable. A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in § 36-5-2708. The contesting party bears the burden of proof. In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of this state: Is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and May not review the merits of the order. A tribunal of this state deciding a contest of a registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision. A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances. 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 Part 20, § 36-5-2001 (Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 2), concerning the short title for title 36, ch. 5, parts 20-29, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1, upon completion of the provisions in § 2 of the act.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.