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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL 492 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Farmer | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | SENATE BILL 540 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Stevens | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | SB0540 | |
| 10 | 10 | 001879 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 | |
| 14 | 14 | and Title 37, relative to child custody. | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-6-106(a), is amended by deleting | |
| 18 | 18 | subdivisions (a)(15) and (16) and substituting: | |
| 19 | 19 | (15) Whether a parent has failed to pay court-ordered child support; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (16) Any other factors deemed relevant by the court. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-6-106(g), is amended by deleting | |
| 22 | 22 | the language "subdivisions (a)(1) – (15)" and substituting "subdivisions (a)(1) – (16)". | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-6-406(d)(1), is amended by | |
| 24 | 24 | deleting the subdivision and substituting: | |
| 25 | 25 | (1) A parent's neglect or substantial nonperformance of parenting | |
| 26 | 26 | responsibilities, including the failure to pay court-ordered child support; | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |