Tenn. Code Ann. § 52-3-503: Court order

(a) If, upon consideration of a petition filed pursuant to § 52-3-501 , the court determines that the person was not committed under the governing provisions of this title or was not afforded due process of law, but that, nevertheless, the person has an intellectual disability and because of the condition poses a likelihood of serious harm under § 52-5-402 , then the court may order the person returned to the facility where the person was located on the date of filing the petition for not more than fifteen (15) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays, only if: (1) A petition under §§ 52-5-403 and 52-5-404 is filed immediately and is disposed of within fifteen (15) days of the court's order returning the person to the facility, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays; and (2) The case is continued on the request of the petitioner. (b) If the conditions in subsection (a) are not met, then the person must be released. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.

(a) If, upon consideration of a petition filed pursuant to § 52-3-501 , the court determines that the person was not committed under the governing provisions of this title or was not afforded due process of law, but that, nevertheless, the person has an intellectual disability and because of the condition poses a likelihood of serious harm under § 52-5-402 , then the court may order the person returned to the facility where the person was located on the date of filing the petition for not more than fifteen (15) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays, only if: (1) A petition under §§ 52-5-403 and 52-5-404 is filed immediately and is disposed of within fifteen (15) days of the court's order returning the person to the facility, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays; and (2) The case is continued on the request of the petitioner.

(1) A petition under §§ 52-5-403 and 52-5-404 is filed immediately and is disposed of within fifteen (15) days of the court's order returning the person to the facility, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays; and

(2) The case is continued on the request of the petitioner.

(b) If the conditions in subsection (a) are not met, then the person must be released.