71-6-114 - Jurisdiction and venue.

71-6-114. Jurisdiction and venue.

(a)  The circuit, general sessions, and chancery courts have jurisdiction of proceedings arising under this part. Probate courts in counties having a population of not less than seven hundred seventy-five thousand (775,000) according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit and chancery courts.

(b)  A proceeding under this part may be commenced in the county where the adult resides or is physically present.

[Acts 1986, ch. 630, § 4; T.C.A., § 14-25-114; 1995, ch. 486, § 16.]