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Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-41-103: Defendant's right to raise claim - Hearing on court's own motion
Where this section sits in the code
- TN Code
- Title 29
- Chapter 41
(a) If a civil action is filed and the defendant to the action believes it to be an abusive civil action, the claim may be raised by the defendant: (1) In the answer to the civil action; or (2) By motion made at any time during the civil action. (b) The court may, on its own motion, determine that a hearing pursuant to § 29-41-104 is necessary to determine if the civil action is an abusive civil action. Added by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 872, s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
(a) If a civil action is filed and the defendant to the action believes it to be an abusive civil action, the claim may be raised by the defendant: (1) In the answer to the civil action; or (2) By motion made at any time during the civil action.
(1) In the answer to the civil action; or
(2) By motion made at any time during the civil action.
(b) The court may, on its own motion, determine that a hearing pursuant to § 29-41-104 is necessary to determine if the civil action is an abusive civil action.
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