{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2104","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2104","heading":"Application of parts 21-27 of this chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding","body":"(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts 21-26 of this chapter and, as applicable, part 27 of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving: (1) A foreign support order; (2) A foreign tribunal; or (3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of parts 21-26 of this chapter. (c) Part 27 of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of part 27 of this chapter is inconsistent with parts 21-26 of this chapter, then part 27 of this chapter controls. Acts 2010 , ch. 901, § 1.\n(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts 21-26 of this chapter and, as applicable, part 27 of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving: (1) A foreign support order; (2) A foreign tribunal; or (3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.\n(1) A foreign support order;\n(2) A foreign tribunal; or\n(3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.\n(b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of parts 21-26 of this chapter.\n(c) Part 27 of this chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of part 27 of this chapter is inconsistent with parts 21-26 of this chapter, then part 27 of this chapter controls.","path":["TN Code","Title 36","Chapter 5"],"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":"d2f32fdb7746b7a983a41fe365b5968334756635b3fe6e04d4a1e93205573c84","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2103","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}