Part Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Juveniles
  4. Department of Children's Services
  5. Multi-Level Response System for Children and Families
  6. Part Definitions

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

  1. “Family” means the members of a household living, on a full-time or a part-time basis, in one (1) house, condominium, apartment or other dwelling; people related by blood or ancestry, marriage, or adoption; any person who is holding out to the public as being a family member of a minor; foster parents and foster children; stepparents and stepchildren; and any other group that the department determines by policy or rule to constitute a family for purposes of this part; and
  2. “Maltreatment” means abuse as defined in § 37-1-102, or child sexual abuse as defined in § 37-1-602.


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