2010 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 1 - Adoption
Part 1 - General Provisions
36-1-107 - Persons to whom this part is applicable.
36-1-107. Persons to whom this part is applicable.
(a) Any person, irrespective of place of birth, citizenship, or place of residence, may be adopted or readopted in accordance with the provisions of this part.
(b) A single person may file a petition for the adoption of a child.
(c) An adult may be adopted.
[Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 3 (Williams, § 9572.17); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-103; § 36-1-103; Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1.]
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