Legal Opinion
Kite v. Kite
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 19, 1997No. 03S01-9610-CH-00099PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLDER, J.
We granted this appeal to determine whether a trial court retains jurisdiction under TenmCode Ann. § 36-3-605 (1990 Repl.) after faffing to conduct a hearing within ten (10) days of service of an ex parte protective order. The intermediate appellate court has answered this question in the negative. We have reviewed the statutory scheme and resolved this issue pursuant to the applicable rules of statutory construction. We find that the ten-day hearing requirement is merely a limitation on the duration of the ex parte order and not a limitation on jurisdiction. The Court of…
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