37-1-108 - Commencement of proceedings. - Tennessee Statutes

37-1-108. Commencement of proceedings.

A proceeding under this part may be commenced:

     (1)  By transfer of a case from another court as provided in § 37-1-109;

     (2)  As provided in § 37-1-146 in a proceeding charging the violation of a traffic offense;

     (3)  By the court accepting jurisdiction as provided in § 37-1-141 or accepting supervision of a child as provided in § 37-1-143; or

     (4)  In other cases by the filing of a petition as provided in this part. The petition and all other documents in the proceeding shall be entitled “In the matter of  _________ , a child under eighteen (18) years of age.”

[Acts 1970, ch. 600, § 8; T.C.A., § 37-208.]