§ 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 […]
§ 17-2-118. Substitute Judges
If, for good cause, including, but not limited to, by reason of illness, physical incapacitation, vacation or absence from the city or judicial district on a matter related to the judge’s judicial office, the judge of a state or county trial court of record is unable to hold court, the judge shall appoint a substitute […]
§ 17-2-119. Contested Elections — Temporary Judge
The governor shall appoint a temporary judge, chancellor or district attorney general in all cases where a contest arises in the election of any of those officers, and they shall hold the offices, and have all the powers and jurisdiction pertaining to the offices, until the contest is judicially determined and the regularly elected officers […]
§ 17-2-120. Oath of Special Judge
Every special judge, before entering on the duties of the judge’s appointment, shall take an oath before the clerk of the court to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of Tennessee, and also the following oath of office: “I, A B, solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to […]
§ 17-2-121. Retired or Former Judges in Certain Civil Cases — Courtrooms — Process — Manner of Trial
If the trial of a civil case is expected to be complex, lengthy or the litigants, for any reason, desire the matter to be disposed of in an expeditious manner, the litigants may, upon joint motion of all parties to the action and with the consent of the appropriate judge, agree to employ a retired […]
§ 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 […]