{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2506","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-2506","heading":"Contest by obligor","body":"(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in part 26, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee. Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.\n(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in part 26, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.\n(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.\n(1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;\n(2) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and\n(3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.","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":"ad4482b891ab4088e5997a53dedd3a4e4ddec3cb8a52801eee1af09a17bb5ed1","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2505","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-36-5-2507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}