Code Annotated section 36-1- 113(b) is constitutional. See Gallaher, 104 S.W.3d at 459 (stating that “[i]n evaluating the constitutionality of a statute, we begin with the presumption that an act of the General Assembly is constitutional”). Parents have a fundamental right to the care and custody of them children under both the United States and Tennessee Constitutions. See id. at 461; Hawk, 855 S.W.2d at 578. This parental right exists to provide privacy to care for children without unwarranted state intervention. See, e.g., Tenn. Baptist Children’s Homes, Inc. v. Swanson (In re Swanson), 2 S.W.3d 180, 187 (Tenn.1999). There is no corollary right for a parent to take all actions that a parent deems to be in the best interests of his or her child. See, e.g., Gallaher, 104 S.W.3d at 461 (<HOLDING>). Therefore, the exclusion of the parents of a
recognizing parents fundamental liberty interest in the care custody and management of their children holding that although parents have a fundamental right to the care and custody of their children they have no fundamental right to allocate support to their children as they see fit holding that natural parents have a fundamental liberty interest in the care custody and management of their children recognizing fundamental right of parents to care for their children holding care custody and control of children is a fundamental right