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Tennessee Code Title 36. Domestic Relations § 36-5-104

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Any person, ordered to provide support and maintenance for a minor child or children, who fails to comply with the order or decree, may, in the discretion of the court, be punished by imprisonment in the county workhouse or county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months.

(b) No arrest warrant shall issue for the violation of any court order of support if such violation occurred during a period of time in which the obligor was incarcerated in any penal institution and was otherwise unable to comply with the order.

(c) In addition to the sanctions provided in subsection (a), if an individual fails to comply with the order or decree of support and maintenance for a minor child or children, then the court has the discretion to:

(1) Require the obligor to remove litter from the state highway system, public playgrounds, public parks, or other appropriate locations for any prescribed period of time in lieu of or in addition to any of the penalties otherwise provided. An obligor sentenced to remove litter from the state highway system, public playgrounds, public parks, or other appropriate locations or to work in a recycling center must be allowed to do so at a time other than the obligor's regular hours of employment; and

(2) Order the department of safety to issue the obligor a restricted driver license as the court deems appropriate.

(d) In any proceeding to enforce child support, the court may apply an inference that the obligor had the ability to pay the ordered child support as set forth in § 36-5-101(a)(8).

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