HOUSE BILL 104
By Parkinson SENATE BILL 172
By Lundberg AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24,
Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68, relative to
voluntary acknowledgments of paternity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 24-7-113(c)(1)(A), is amended by
deleting the language "sixty (60) days" and substituting the language "one hundred eighty (180)
days".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 24-7-113(c)(1)(B), is amended by
deleting the language "sixty-day" and substituting the language "one hundred eighty-day".
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 24-7-113(e)(2), is amended by
deleting the language "within five (5) years of the execution of the acknowledgment", and by
deleting the language "Such action shall not be barred by the five-year statute of limitations where fraud in the procurement of the acknowledgment by the mother of the child is alleged and where the requested relief will not affect the interests of the child, the state, or any Title IV-D
agency.".
SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 24-7-113(h)(2), is amended by
deleting the language "sixty-day" and substituting the language "one hundred eighty-day", and by deleting the language "sixtieth day" and substituting the language "one hundred eightieth day".
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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Statutes affected:
Current Version: 24-7-113(c)(1)(A), 24-7-113, 24-7-113(c)(1)(B), 24-7-113(e)(2), 24-7-113(h)(2)