Tennessee § 36-7-203 - Modification of agreement.
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§ 36-7-203. Modification of agreement.
By mutual consent, the parents of a child may modify an agreement regarding custodial responsibility made pursuant to this part. If an agreement is modified under subsection (a) before deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be in writing and signed by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement approved by the court. If an agreement is modified under subsection (a) during deployment of a deploying parent, the modification must be agreed to in a record by both parents and any nonparent who will exercise custodial responsibility under the modified agreement approved by the court. Acts 2014, ch. 798, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 36-7-203 ("Modification of agreement.") 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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