Statutes | Tenn. Code Ann. ยง 36-2-302 | 2025
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.