37-1-401 - Part definitions.
37-1-401. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Child means a person who is under eighteen (18) years of age or who is reasonably presumed to be under eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) Department means the department of children's services; and
(3) Report of harm means a report filed under § 37-1-403.
[Acts 1973, ch. 81, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1; T.C.A., § 37-1201; Acts 1987, ch. 145, § 25; 1988, ch. 964, § 4; 1996, ch. 1079, § 73.]