§ 36-1-120. Final Order of Adoption — Contents — Report of Foreign Birth
The final order of adoption must state: The full name of the child used in the proceeding; The full names of the petitioners and their county of residence and whether the petitioner is a stepparent of the adopted person; The fact and date of the filing of the petition; The date when the petitioners acquired […]
§ 36-1-121. Effect of Adoption on Relationship
The signing of a final order of adoption terminates any existing guardianship orders and establishes from that date the relationship of parent and child between the adoptive parent or parents and the adopted child as if the adopted child had been born to the adoptive parent or parents and the adopted child shall be deemed […]
§ 36-1-122. Binding Effect of Adoption
When a child is adopted pursuant to this part, the adoptive parents shall not thereafter be deprived of any rights in the child, at the insistence of the child’s biological or prior legal parents or guardian of the child or any other person or agency except in the same manner and for the same causes […]
§ 36-1-113. Termination of Parental or Guardianship Rights
The chancery and circuit courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile court to terminate parental or guardianship rights to a child in a separate proceeding, or as a part of the adoption proceeding by utilizing any grounds for termination of parental or guardianship rights permitted in this part or in title 37, chapter 1, […]
§ 36-1-114. Venue
The termination or adoption petition may be filed in the county: Where the petitioners reside; Where the child resides; Where, at the time the petition is filed, any respondent resides; In which is located any licensed child-placing agency or institution operated under the laws of this state having custody or guardianship of the child or […]
§ 36-1-115. Persons Eligible to File Adoption Petition — Residence Requirements — Preference for Foster Parents
Any person over eighteen (18) years of age may petition the chancery or circuit court to adopt a person and may request that the adopted person’s name be changed. The petitioners must have physical custody or must demonstrate to the court that they have the right to receive custody of the child sought to be […]
§ 36-1-103. Prior Adoptions and Terminations of Parental Rights Involving Minors and Prior Adoptions of Adults Ratified
All proceedings for the adoption of children in the courts of this state, including any proceedings that terminated parental or guardianship rights, are hereby validated and confirmed and the orders and judgments entered therein prior to January 1, 1996, are declared to be binding upon all parties to the proceedings and such parties’ privies and […]
§ 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
Any person who, upon request by any party to an adoption or the party’s agent or attorney, a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, the department, or the court, knowingly and willfully withholds any information related to the child who is the subject of a surrender, a termination of parental rights, or an […]
§ 36-1-105. Violation of Criminal Provisions of Part by State Employee — Dismissal
Any employee of the state of Tennessee who is convicted of the violation of any of the criminal provisions of this part shall be instantly dismissed from the state service and shall never again be eligible for employment in state service.
§ 36-1-106. Readoption
Any minor child who was previously adopted under the laws of any jurisdiction may be subsequently readopted in accordance with this part. With respect to a child sought to be adopted a second time or subsequent time by new adoptive parents, all provisions in this part relating to the biological parents or legal parents or […]