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As amended through November 4, 2024
Section 3 - Parenting Education Services
(a) Qualified Parenting Education Providers. Qualified Parenting Education Providers are those individuals or groups approved by the court to provide parenting education seminars in accordance with Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 4 of the Tennessee Code Annotated.
(b) Reimbursement. Qualified Parenting Education Providers shall be reimbursed for those reasonable parenting education services rendered and expenses incurred provided by court order under Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 4 of the Tennessee Code Annotated to indigent parents.
(c) Maximum Fee. Qualified Parenting Education Providers who receive moneys under this Rule shall be limited to a maximum fee of $25.00 per parent for time and materials reasonably spent in providing parenting education services, a portion of which may be reimbursed from the Divorcing Parent Education and Mediation Fund.
(d) Referral to Reduced Fee Parenting Education Services. Upon one party filing in forma pauperis, the court shall refer that party by an Order of the court to a Qualified Parenting Education Provider, chosen by the party or the Court, for parenting education services. The Order shall be forwarded to the Qualified Parenting Education Provider and it shall state that the amount to be paid from the Divorcing Parent Education and Mediation Fund shall be not more than the amount set forth above in Section 3(c), Maximum Fee, of the present Rule. Further, the Order shall have a claim form attached thereto for submission to the court by the Qualified Parenting Education Provider for reimbursement of fees from the Divorcing Parent Education and Mediation Fund. The court shall use a claim form developed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and supplied to the court as needed.
(e) Referral to Parenting Education Services Where One Party is not Determined to be Indigent. Upon only one party filing in forma pauperis, and the determination of the court that the other party is able to pay for the parenting education services, the court shall refer the parties by an Order of the court to a Qualified Parenting Education Provider, chosen by the parties or the court, for parenting education services. The court may require that the second party shall pay all or a portion of the fee of the first party as well as all of the fee of the second party to the Qualified Parenting Education Provider. The Order shall be forwarded to the Qualified Parenting Education Provider and it shall state the amount to be paid to the Qualified Parenting Education Provider or into the registry of the clerk of such court by the each of the parties.
(f) Filing a Claim by the Qualified Parenting Education Provider. Upon conclusion of the parenting education service, the Qualified Parenting Education Provider shall file with the Administrative Office of the Courts two (2) copies of the completed claim form supplied to the Qualified Parenting Education Provider with the Order of the Court. The Qualified Parenting Education Provider may submit a single claim form for the claims for parenting education services for more than one parent referred under this Rule. In addition to the copies of the completed claim form, the Qualified Parenting Education Provider shall attach a copy of each Order of the court and a copy of each certificate of completion of the parenting education seminar to the claim form filed. The claim form shall include a listing of all parenting education services and materials provided by the Qualified Parenting Education Provider in the parenting education services. The Qualified Parenting Education Provider will be held to a high degree of care in the keeping of records supporting all claims and in the claim form. A Qualified Parenting Education Provider who receives payment pursuant to the terms of this Rule, and who makes application for additional funds for expenses incurred and services rendered, shall report such payment in the claim form filed with the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(g) Review of the Claim by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall examine and audit the claim form to insure compliance with these rules and other statutory requirements. After such examination and audit and giving due consideration to the Divorcing Parent Education and Mediation Fund, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall make a determination as to the compensation to be paid to the Qualified Parenting Education Provider and cause payment to be issued in satisfaction thereof. The determination by the Administrative Office of the Courts shall be final.

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