§ 10-374. Created; judge and clerk generally.  


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  • There is hereby created and established, in and for the City of Memphis and Shelby County, a court with the title and style of Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee. Such court shall be a court of record, presided over by a judge who shall have the qualifications provided in this article, and whose salary shall be provided and paid as hereinafter provided. Such judge shall be known and have the title of judge of the juvenile court of Memphis and Shelby County and shall devote his full time to the duties of such office of judge, and shall have no other professional activity. There is hereby created the office of clerk of such court. The court shall have a seal. The judge and the clerk, within their respective functions as such officers of the court, shall have the power and authority to administer oaths and affirmations whenever the same are required by law in connection with any case, procedure, process or otherwise in such court.

(Code 1992, § 9-217; Priv. Acts 1967, ch. 219, § 1)