Tennessee Code 34-1-103 – Duties of department of children’s services when no natural guardian, or child abandoned
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 34-1-103
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age and who has not otherwise been emancipated. See Tennessee Code 34-1-101
- Person: means any individual, nonhuman entity or governmental agency. See Tennessee Code 34-1-101
- signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105