Tennessee Code 37-1-205 – Special district juvenile courts
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 37-1-205
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- Special juvenile court: means a court created by law with jurisdiction limited to those matters contemplated in this title and other general laws of this state. See Tennessee Code 37-1-202
Special juvenile courts may be created by law to exercise juvenile court jurisdiction in a county or in several contiguous counties. Funds for the operation of such special district juvenile courts shall be furnished by the counties within each special juvenile court district. Counties within the juvenile court district shall, by contract, enter into such agreements as they may deem necessary and desirable in order to provide for the conducting of business affairs and financing of the court as provided in § 5-1-114.