33-8-316 - Child's rights not to be waived.

33-8-316. Child's rights not to be waived.

A child may not waive any right created by this part, nor may the right be waived by any other person acting on the child's behalf.

[Acts 1976, ch. 489, § 1; 1978, ch. 877, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 33-320, 33-3-201(h); Acts 2000, ch. 947, §§ 1, 6.]