§ 36-1-146. Rebuttable Presumption That Guardian Ad Litem’s Fees Divided Equally Between Parties
If a court appoints a guardian ad litem in a pending adoption proceeding, there will be a rebuttable presumption that the guardian ad litem’s fees shall be divided equally between the parties, excluding the person being adopted; provided, that if a party is found by the court to be indigent, the guardian ad litem shall […]
§ 36-1-147. Private Licensed Child-Placing Agencies
To the extent allowed by federal law, no private licensed child-placing agency shall be required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, refer, or participate in any placement of a child for foster care or adoption when the proposed placement would violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies. To the extent allowed […]
§ 36-1-201. Terms of Compact
The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON ADOPTION AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE Article I. Findings The party states find that: In order to obtain adoptive families for children with special needs, prospective […]
§ 36-1-202. Amount of Assistance
The amounts of adoption assistance and other aid that Tennessee will provide to children with special needs in accordance with Article IV of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance shall be determined in accordance with § 37-5-106(a)(13).
§ 36-1-203. Documentation of Eligibility
For the purpose of determining eligibility for any benefit under this part from the state of Tennessee, the adoptive parents of any child on whose behalf benefits are sought shall annually furnish the department of children’s services documentation establishing that the adoption assistance agreement continues in force or has been renewed.
§ 36-1-204. Applicability of Part
This part shall apply only to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into a compact with this state under which the other state provides medical assistance to children with special needs under adoption assistance agreements made by this state. Eligibility of all other children for assistance pursuant to […]
§ 36-1-136. Notification Made as Part of Search, Contact or Identifying Requests
Any notification required to be made as part of a search or a contact or an identifying request pursuant to this part for an adopted person or a person for whom records are maintained as described under § 36-1-127(c)(1)(A), shall be made with such persons who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older, except […]
§ 36-1-137. Inability of Department to Verify Adoptive Status of Relationships — Waiting Period to Request Further Searches — Limitations on Searches
If, after reviewing the sealed adoption records, the sealed records or the post-adoption records, and any other credible evidence, and after conducting a diligent search and making any other reasonable inquiries as to the adoptive status of a requesting party or the relationship of the biological or legal relatives to the adopted person or any […]
§ 36-1-138. Court Orders for the Release of Information From Adoption and Sealed Records
Any necessary information in the files or the record of an adoption proceeding or in an adoption record, sealed adoption record, sealed record, post-adoption record or adoption assistance record may be disclosed pursuant to the requirements of subsection (c), to the party requiring it, upon a written, sworn motion before the court of original jurisdiction […]
§ 36-1-139. Penalty for Providing False Information Related to Information Requests
Any person who or entity that knowingly provides false information to the department, a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, or the court in connection with any of the provisions of §§ 36-1-125 — 36-1-138 or § 36-1-141, or the rules and regulations of the department that establish procedures for search requests or […]