Parents Guide To Education Seminar

_________________ COURT FOR __________________ COUNTY, TENNESSEE_________________COUNTY COURTHOUSE, _______________, TENNESSEE______Chancellor/Judge ________________, Chancellor/Judge ____________________ PARENTS GUIDE TO EDUCATI ON SEMINARDate_________________Dear Parent: The Tennessee Legislature has mandated that divorcing couples with minor children attend aParent Education Seminar. The Seminar teaches the importance of protecting and enhancingyour childs emotional development and informs parents of the legal process. As indicated in theGeneral Order Concerning Parenting Plan in the __________ Courts for ___________ County,Tennessee: ! Both Parents shall attend, within thirty (30) days of receipt of this order, a parent education seminar sanctioned by the Courts of at least four-hours (4 hours) duration and shall be required to furnish the Court with a certificate of attendance.! It will be necessary for YOU to contact a parent education seminar provider for scheduling your class. A list of approved seminar providers with their phone numbers is attached. ! It is NOT necessary that you attend the same class with your spouse.! If you have any questions about the class or attendance requirement or if you have difficulty in scheduling the class, please contact the Court at ____________. ! If you have attended a class and have not filed the certificate of attendance with the Clerks office, please complete this process immediately.! If you have attended a class and have filed the certificate, please disregard this notice.You may already be under a specific order setting a time within which you must complete therequirement. That order takes precedence over this letter. If no specific time frame is set in theorder in your case, you have thirty (30) days from the date (____________, 20___) yourdivorce was filed with the court. Failure to comply with the provisions of this order shall betreated as contempt and may be sanctioned accordingly.Thank you for your cooperation and timely response to this opportunity to reduce the emotionalharm to your children during the divorce proceedings.