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TN Code › Title 16 › Chapter 11 › Section 16-11-110

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The chancery court has jurisdiction, concurrent with the circuit court, of all proceedings for divorce and for the adoption of children. Code 1858, § 4301 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 1); Shan., § 6111; Code 1932, § 10379; Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 2 (Williams, § 9572.16); modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-612.

The chancery court has jurisdiction, concurrent with the circuit court, of all proceedings for divorce and for the adoption of children.

Code 1858, § 4301 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 1); Shan., § 6111; Code 1932, § 10379; Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 2 (Williams, § 9572.16); modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-612.

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