Tennessee Code 37-1-203 – Jurisdiction of general sessions court
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 37-1-203
- Child: means :
(A) A person under eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 37-1-102 - Department: means the department of children's services. See Tennessee Code 37-1-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Juvenile court: means the general sessions court in all counties of this state, except in those counties and municipalities in which special juvenile courts are provided by law, and "judge" means judge of the juvenile court. See Tennessee Code 37-1-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
The general sessions courts shall exercise juvenile court jurisdiction in all of the counties of this state, except in the counties or municipalities in which juvenile courts are, or may hereafter be, specially provided by law; provided, that only general sessions court judges who are attorneys may order commitment of a delinquent child to the department of children’s services.