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A Tennessee insurance producer falls significantly behind on court-ordered child-support payments. What may happen to his insurance license?
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Why C is correct
Tennessee's child-support enforcement law, T.C.A. § 36-5-706, authorizes suspension of licenses — including insurance licenses — for delinquent child-support obligations, and this provision operates alongside the disciplinary authority in T.C.A. § 56-1-109 and T.C.A. § 56-6-112. A producer who ignores support obligations can therefore lose the ability to lawfully transact insurance until the matter is resolved.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) Child-support delinquency is expressly a ground for license suspension under T.C.A. § 36-5-706, so it is not legally irrelevant to the license.
- B) There is no conversion to a limited-lines license; the statutory consequence is suspension, not reclassification.
- D) Suspension, not permanent surrender, is the mechanism the statute provides, and the suspension is tied to curing the delinquency.
Memory hook
Skip the child support, skip the license: Title 36 can suspend it.