{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-2-316","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-316","heading":"Discrimination against children born out of wedlock - Penalty","body":"(a) No child born out of wedlock shall be deprived of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law.\n(b) Any person, including any employee or official of any governmental agency, who deprives any person of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law, by reason of the child being born out of wedlock, commits a Class C misdemeanor.","path":["TN Code","Title 36","Chapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"2489e1e0f1573e7a37063f2d042729c1634e2e336b0017d04e7935fe1b5e96c2","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-2-315","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-2-317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}