Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-41-103: Defendant's right to raise claim - Hearing on court's own motion

(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.