Tennessee · Statutes
Chapter 1
60 sections
60 sections
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-101Purpose of part - Construction
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-102Part definitions
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-103Prior adoptions and terminations of parental rights involving minors and prior adoptions of adults ratified
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-104Withholding of material information concerning the status of the parents or guardian of a child subject to surrender, termination of parental rights or adoption - Misdemeanor
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-105Violation of criminal provisions of part by state employee - Dismissal
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-106Readoption
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-107Persons to whom this part is applicable
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-108Entities authorized to place children for adoption - Advisory and agency capacity authorized - Injunction to stop illegal payments
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-109Illegal payments in connection with placement of child - Penalty
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-110Parent under eighteen years of age - Surrender
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-111Presurrender 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
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-112Revocation of surrender or parental consent - Form
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-113Termination of parental or guardianship rights
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-114Venue
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-115Persons eligible to file adoption petition - Residence requirements - Preference for foster parents
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-116Home study - Adoption petition - Order of reference
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-117Parties to proceedings - Termination of rights of putative father - Consent of parent or guardian - Service of process
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-118Dismissal of adoption proceedings and guardianship orders - Revocation of surrender by court - Notice - Disposition of child
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-119Final order of adoption - When entered
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-120Final order of adoption - Contents - Report of foreign birth
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-121Effect of adoption on relationship
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-122Binding effect of adoption
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-123Biological parents illegally obtaining custody of a child - Custodial interference - Survival of existing restraining order
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-124Contested terminations of parental rights and adoptions - Appeals - Expedited schedule
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-125Confidentiality of records - Penalties for unauthorized disclosure - Protected orders
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-126Record kept under seal - Confidential records - Access to certain records - Preservation of records
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-127Availability of records to adopted persons and certain other persons for adoptions finalized or attempted prior to certain dates
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-128[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-129[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-130[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-131[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-132[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-133Release of nonidentifying information concerning biological or legal family
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-134Transmission of information between affected parties - Access to records of deceased or disabled persons - Updating of information to allow contact
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-135Updated medical information in records - Searches for persons affected
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-136Notification made as part of search, contact or identifying requests
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-137Inability of department to verify adoptive status of relationships - Waiting period to request further searches - Limitations on searches
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-138Court orders for the release of information from adoption and sealed records
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-139Penalty for providing false information related to information requests
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-140Immunity for actions in good faith by department personnel and immunity of certain other persons
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-141Fees for searches, and copies - Promulgation of rules - Forms
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-142Voluntary delivery of infant - Notifications - Revocation of voluntary delivery - Termination of parental rights
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-143Post-adoption services to support permanency in adoption
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-144Categories of information to be provided to adoptive family
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-145Written contract for post-adoption contact between certain parties - Requirements - Enforcement - Modification - Termination
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-146Rebuttable presumption that guardian ad litem's fees divided equally between parties
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-147Private licensed child-placing agencies
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-148Immunization not condition of adoption - Exceptions
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-149Confidential adoption record as public records and open to inspection after 100 years have elapsed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-201Terms of compact
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-202Amount of assistance
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-203Documentation of eligibility
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-204Applicability of part
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-205Violations - Penalties
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-206Construction - Compliance with federal laws
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-301[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-302[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-303[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-304[Repealed]Repealed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-305[Repealed]Repealed