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This rule says that other Tennessee laws can override the standard rules for restraining orders and injunctions. If a specific law addresses how these orders should work in a certain situation, that law takes priority over the general court rule.
The rule also gives judges extra flexibility in divorce, custody, and other family law cases. In these cases, a judge can set whatever terms, conditions, and time limits they think are fair for a restraining order or injunction. The judge does not have to follow all the usual steps and requirements laid out elsewhere in Rule 65. Instead, the judge decides how much of the standard process makes sense for that particular family case.
In short, this rule tells courts that family law cases work a bit differently. Judges handling divorces, custody disputes, and similar matters get more freedom to decide how restraining orders should work, rather than being locked into the same strict process used in other types of civil lawsuits.
