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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-5-2703

  • Convention: means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. See Tennessee Code 36-5-2101
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States. See Tennessee Code 36-5-2101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The department of human services of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.