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2016 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 1 - Adoption
Part 1 - General Provisions
- § 36-1-101. Purpose of part -- Construction.
- § 36-1-102. Part definitions.
- § 36-1-103. Prior adoptions and terminations of parental rights involving minors and prior adoptions of adults ratified.
- § 36-1-104. Withholding of material information concerning the status of the parents or guardian of a child subject to surrender, termination of parental rights or adoption-- Misdemeanor.
- § 36-1-105. Violation of criminal provisions of part by state employee -- Dismissal.
- § 36-1-106. Readoption.
- § 36-1-107. Persons to whom this part is applicable.
- § 36-1-108. Entities authorized to place children for adoption -- Advisory and agency capacity authorized -- Injunction to stop illegal payments.
- § 36-1-109. Illegal payments in connection with placement of child -- Penalty.
- § 36-1-110. Parent under eighteen years of age -- Surrender.
- § 36-1-111. Pre-surrender request for home study or preliminary home study -- Surrender of child -- Consent for adoption by parent -- Effect of Surrender -- Form of surrender -- Waiver of interest -- Interpreter for non-English speaking parents.
- § 36-1-112. Revocation of surrender and parental consent -- Form.
- § 36-1-113. Termination of parental rights.
- § 36-1-114. Venue.
- § 36-1-115. Persons eligible to file adoption petition -- Residence requirements -- Preference for foster parents.
- § 36-1-116. Pre-petition home study -- Information from surrender court -- Contents of petition -- Effect of filing -- Order of reference.
- § 36-1-117. Parties to proceedings -- Termination of rights of putative father -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Service of process.
- § 36-1-118. Dismissal of adoption proceedings and guardianship orders -- Revocation of surrender by court -- Notice -- Disposition of child.
- § 36-1-119. Final order of adoption -- When entered.
- § 36-1-120. Final order of adoption -- Contents -- Report of foreign birth.
- § 36-1-121. Effect of adoption on relationship.
- § 36-1-122. Binding effect of adoption.
- § 36-1-123. Biological parents illegally obtaining custody of a child -- Custodial interference -- Survival of existing restraining order.
- § 36-1-124. Contested terminations of parental rights and adoptions -- Appeals -- Expedited schedule.
- § 36-1-125. Confidentiality of records -- Penalties for unauthorized disclosure -- Protected orders.
- § 36-1-126. Record kept under seal -- Confidential records -- Access to certain records -- Preservation of records.
- § 36-1-127. Availability of records to adopted persons and certain other persons for adoptions finalized or attempted prior to certain dates.
- § 36-1-128. Contact veto registry -- Persons eligible to have names entered.
- § 36-1-129. Procedures for filing contact veto or giving consent.
- § 36-1-130. Access to records -- Search of registry -- Restrictions on contact.
- § 36-1-131. Search of sealed adoption record, sealed record or post-adoption records -- Opportunity to veto contact.
- § 36-1-132. Violation of contact veto a misdemeanor -- Injunction and damages -- Attorney's Fees -- Using information to injure persons whose names were obtained.
- § 36-1-133. Release of nonidentifying information concerning biological or legal family.
- § 36-1-134. Transmission of information between affected parties -- Access to records of deceased or disabled persons -- Updating of information to allow contact.
- § 36-1-135. Updated medical information in records -- Searches for persons affected.
- § 36-1-136. Notification made as part of search, contact or identifying requests.
- § 36-1-137. Inability of department to verify adoptive status of relationships -- Waiting period to request further searches -- Limitations on searches.
- § 36-1-138. Court orders for the release of information from adoption and sealed records.
- § 36-1-139. Penalty for providing false information related to information requests.
- § 36-1-140. Immunity for actions in good faith by department personnel and immunity of certain other persons.
- § 36-1-141. Fees for searches, registration of contact vetoes, and copies -- Promulgation of rules -- Forms.
- § 36-1-142. Voluntary delivery of infant to facility, revocation of voluntary delivery, and termination of parental rights.
- § 36-1-143. Post-adoption services to support permanency in adoption.
- § 36-1-144. Categories of information to be provided to adoptive family.
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