§ 17-2-206. Powers on Interchange
In all such cases, the judge or chancellor holding court in the circuit or division of another, shall have the same power and jurisdiction as the judge or chancellor in whose place the judge or chancellor is acting. Code 1858, § 3918 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 2); Shan., § 5711; Code 1932, § […]
§ 17-2-207. Interchange by Special Judges
A person appointed and commissioned under §§ 17-2-116 and 17-2-117 shall have the same power to interchange with other judges and chancellors as the regular official in whose place the person is appointed and commissioned to act. Code 1858, § 3929; Shan., § 5727; Code 1932, § 9916; Acts 1959, ch. 150, § 1; T.C.A. […]
§ 17-2-208. Interchange of General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judges
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, judges of courts of general sessions and juvenile courts may interchange with each other whenever causes exist making an interchange necessary or for mutual convenience. The interchanging judge shall not be required to be a resident of the county of the judge for whom such judge is sitting, […]
§ 17-2-209. Interchange in Certain Divorce Actions
In counties with a population of over seven hundred thousand (700,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the general sessions judges may sit by interchange as a circuit court judge or chancellor for the exclusive purpose of hearing and deciding uncontested and irreconcilable differences in divorce cases. When the circuit […]
§ 17-2-301. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Senior Judge Enabling Act of 1990.”
§ 17-2-302. Requests for Senior Designation
Any former supreme court justice, judge of an intermediate appellate court or judge of a state court of record who has at least eight (8) years of creditable service as a state justice or judge may request to be designated as a senior justice or judge. Requests for senior designation shall be filed with the […]
§ 17-2-122. Failure of Judge to Attend — Selection of Special Judge
Notwithstanding § 16-15-209 or § 17-2-109 or any other relevant provision to the contrary, a judge shall have the authority to appoint a special judge as provided in this section. Sections 16-15-209 and 17-2-109 and any other relevant provision shall not apply where a judge finds it necessary to be absent from holding court and […]
§ 17-2-111. Expenses of Assigned Judge or Chancellor
The expenses of the chancellor, judge or appellate judge who serves as assigned by the chief justice under § 17-2-109 or § 17-2-110, or the retired judge designated or assigned in accordance with § 16-3-502(2), shall be certified by the chancellor, judge, appellate judge or retired judge pursuant to policies and guidelines promulgated by the […]
§ 17-2-112. Transfers From Chancery to Circuit Court Because of Incompetency
When any chancellor is incompetent to try any cause in the court for which the chancellor is responsible, a circuit judge may hear and determine the cause as chancellor, for which purpose the clerk of the chancery court shall bring before the chancellor all the papers in the cause, and the necessary entries shall be […]
§ 17-2-113. Circuit Judge Acting as Chancellor
Any circuit judge may also during the sittings of a chancery court, upon notification of a cause in which the chancellor is incompetent, as provided in § 17-2-112, take the place of the chancellor on the bench and hear and determine the cause as chancellor, the necessary entry being made on the minutes of the […]