(a) When a transfer request is made by the department of human services or its contractors, the fee and all taxes shall be waived for the department or its contractors.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-5-3009

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the transferor or transferee court, or the clerk of any court who has been designated by either of those courts to collect support payments for such court. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3002
  • Court: means , except as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3002
  • Department: means the department of human services or its contractor or designee. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3002
  • Request: means a statement of a requesting party seeking transfer of a custody or child support case to the court of another county. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3002
  • Transfer: means the process by which the transferor court, upon request, moves the case to a court where the child resides thereby conferring jurisdiction on the transferee court. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3002
  • Transferee court: means the court that assumes jurisdiction upon a transfer of a case. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3002
  • Transferor court: means the court from which a case is transferred to another court. See Tennessee Code 36-5-3002
(b) Costs of court and for making copies and for providing certifications, fees and taxes shall be adjudged by the transferee court for both the clerks of the transferor court and the transferee court against the noncustodial parent/obligor and shall be apportioned between each clerk as to the costs, fees and taxes due for each clerk.
(c) The clerk shall file any request for transfer and carry out the requirements of this part, even without receiving the appropriate fee for such request. If not paid, such sum shall be added to the cost bill to be assessed by the transferee court.
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