HB2538 - Tennessee - Domestic Relations

Companion Bill SB2662. Domestic Relations - Expands the reasons a court may waive or extend the mediation requirement for parties in a divorce or separate maintenance proceeding; creates exception to mediation in irreconcilable difference cases where parties have filed marital dissolution agreement and, if applicable, a parenting plan. - Amends TCA Section 36-4-131. Fiscal Summary for *HB2538 / SB2662State Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Govt. Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Local Govt. Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2538 / SB2662 Present law requires a court to order the parties in any proceeding for divorce or separate maintenance to participate in mediation, unless the court waives or extends mediation. The court may waive the requirement [...]

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