36-2-302 - Definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

36-2-302. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Child born out of wedlock” means a child born to parents who are not married to each other when the child was born;

     (2)  “Court” means the juvenile court or any trial court with general jurisdiction;

     (3)  “Father” means the biological father of a child born out of wedlock;

     (4)  “Mother” means the biological mother of a child born out of wedlock;

     (5)  “Parent” means the biological mother or biological father of a child, regardless of the marital status of the mother and father; and

     (6)  “Father,” “mother,” and “parent” do not include a biological parent whose parental rights have been terminated for a child whose parentage is at issue.

[Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.]