TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 30, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court today issued an order soliciting comments on a proposed amendment to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 10B, Section 1. The amendment would change the language regarding timeliness of a filed motion for recusal or disqualification, replacing “timely filed” with “filed promptly after a party learns or reasonably should have learned of the facts establishing the basis for recusal.” The amendment also adds the following language: “The motion shall be filed no later than 10 days before trial, absent a showing of good cause which must be supported by an affidavit.” The deadline to comment is April 29.