§ 36-6-501. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “License” means a license, certification, registration, permit, approval or other similar document issued to an individual evidencing admission to or granting authority to engage in a profession, trade, occupation, business, or industry, or to hunt or fish, but does not include a license to practice […]
§ 36-6-502. Compliance With Visitation Orders — Enforcement
In all cases where visitation is ordered, both parents shall comply with such order of visitation by turning over custody of the child on the days and at the times so ordered by the court and by picking up the child and returning the child on the days and at the times so ordered by […]
§ 36-6-408. Parent Educational Seminar
In an action where a permanent parenting plan is or will be entered, each parent shall attend a parent educational seminar as soon as possible after the filing of the complaint. The seminar may be divided into sessions, which in the aggregate must not be less than four (4) hours in duration, and the minor […]
§ 36-6-409. Procedures and Restrictions Applicable to Dispute Resolution
The following procedures and restrictions are applicable to the use of the dispute resolution process under this part: Each neutral party, the court, or the special master shall apply or, in the case of mediation, assist the parties to uphold as a standard for making decisions in mediation, the criteria in this part. Nothing in […]
§ 36-6-410. Designation of Custody for the Purpose of Other State and Federal Statutes
Solely for the purpose of all other state and federal statutes and any applicable policies of insurance that require a designation or determination of custody, a parenting plan must designate the parent with whom the child is scheduled to reside a majority of the time as the primary residential parent of the child; provided, that […]
§ 36-6-411. Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
Nothing in this part shall be construed to alter, modify or restrict the exclusive jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to § 37-1-103. The juvenile court may incorporate any part of the parenting plan process in any matter that the court deems appropriate. Nothing in this part shall require the department of children’s services, acting […]
§ 36-6-412. Gender
It is the legislative intent that the gender of the party seeking to be the primary residential parent shall not give rise to a presumption of parental fitness or cause a presumption in favor of or against such party.
§ 36-6-305. Mediation in Cases Involving Domestic Abuse
In any proceeding concerning the visitation of a child, if an order of protection issued in or recognized by this state is in effect or if there is a court finding of domestic abuse or any criminal conviction involving domestic abuse within the marriage that is the subject of the proceeding for divorce or separate […]
§ 36-6-306. Grandparents’ Visitation Rights
Any of the following circumstances, when presented in a petition for grandparent visitation to the circuit, chancery, general sessions courts with domestic relations jurisdiction, other courts with domestic relations jurisdiction or juvenile court in matters involving children born out of wedlock of the county in which the petitioned child currently resides, necessitates a hearing if […]
§ 36-6-307. Determination of Best Interests of Child for Grandparent Visitations
In determining the best interests of the child under § 36-6-306, the court shall consider all pertinent matters, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: The length and quality of the prior relationship between the child and the grandparent and the role performed by the grandparent; The existing emotional ties of the child to […]