SB1627 - Tennessee: Child Custody And Support, Children, Domestic Relations

Child Custody and Support - Rewrites provisions of the law relating to the rights of grandparents to petition for visitation time with their grandchildren. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB1627Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1627 This bill revises the present law procedures for grandparents and stepparents seeking visitation rights with their grandchildren. PRESENT LAW Under present law, if a grandparent petitions for visitation, the court must first determine the presence of a danger of substantial harm to the child. Any of the following circumstances, when presented in a petition for grandparent visitation to the circuit or chancery court of the county in which the petitioned child currently resides, necessitates a hearing if such grandparent visitation is opposed by the custodial parent or parents: [...]

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