Chapter Definitions

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Domestic Relations
4. Parentage
5. Parentage and Legitimation
6. Chapter Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Child born out of wedlock” means a child born to parents who are not married to each other when the child was born;
2. “Court” means the juvenile court or any trial court with general jurisdiction;
3. “Father” means the biological father of a child born out of wedlock;
4. “Mother” means the biological mother of a child born out of wedlock;
5. “Parent” means the biological mother or biological father of a child, regardless of the marital status of the mother and father; and
6. “Father,” “mother,” and “parent” do not include a biological parent whose parental rights have been terminated for a child whose parentage is at issue.

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