Tennessee Supreme Court· 9/22/2010

Tuetken v. Tuetken

Citations

320 S.W.3d 262
2010 Tenn. LEXIS 873
2010 WL 3668176

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concluding that courts may consider factors resulting from parties’ agreements, such as a determination resulting from non-binding arbitration, in ruling on parentage issues
holding that parents may not enter into an arbitration agreement that would “relieve the trial court of its duty to ensure that disputes between parents are resolved in the best interests of the children”
holding that parents may not enter into an arbitration agreement that would “relieve the trial court of its duty to ensure that disputes between parents are resolved in the best interests of the children”
explaining that a trial court is never bound to accept a parent agreement affecting the child’s best interest
“[I]t is well established that parents cannot bind the court with an agreement affecting the best interest of their children.”
“[P]arents cannot bind the court with an agreement affecting the best interest of their children.”

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Judges: Chief Justice Janice M. Holder

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