Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-2-108
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Personal earnings not exempt from order for alimony or child support
Official statutory text
The personal earnings of the debtor shall not be exempt from an order, judgment, decree, installment thereof, or assignment for support as provided in title 36, chapter 5 and/or § 50-2-105 , when such order, judgment or decree is rendered for the support of such debtor's minor child or children; nor when such order, decree or judgment is for alimony and the party in whose favor such order was rendered has not remarried. Acts 1978, ch. 915, § 12; T.C.A., § 26-211; Acts 1981, ch. 61, § 2; 1990, ch. 789, § 3.
The personal earnings of the debtor shall not be exempt from an order, judgment, decree, installment thereof, or assignment for support as provided in title 36, chapter 5 and/or § 50-2-105 , when such order, judgment or decree is rendered for the support of such debtor's minor child or children; nor when such order, decree or judgment is for alimony and the party in whose favor such order was rendered has not remarried.
Acts 1978, ch. 915, § 12; T.C.A., § 26-211; Acts 1981, ch. 61, § 2; 1990, ch. 789, § 3.
The personal earnings of the debtor shall not be exempt from an order, judgment, decree, installment thereof, or assignment for support as provided in title 36, chapter 5 and/or § 50-2-105 , when such order, judgment or decree is rendered for the support of such debtor's minor child or children; nor when such order, decree or judgment is for alimony and the party in whose favor such order was rendered has not remarried.
Acts 1978, ch. 915, § 12; T.C.A., § 26-211; Acts 1981, ch. 61, § 2; 1990, ch. 789, § 3.
Status: in_force
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