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Litigation Abuse

Laws current as of June 21, 2024

How can I raise a claim that an abusive civil action has been filed?

You may raise the claim that the case against you is an abusive civil action in either of the following ways:

  1. in the answer to the abuser’s petition or complaint; or
  2. by a motion made at any time during the abuser’s case against you.1 

1 Tenn. Code § 29-41-103(a)

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