§ 36-1-107. Persons to Whom This Part Is Applicable
Any person, irrespective of place of birth, citizenship, or place of residence, may be adopted or readopted in accordance with this part. A single person may file a petition for the adoption of a child. An adult may be adopted.
§ 36-1-108. Entities Authorized to Place Children for Adoption — Advisory and Agency Capacity Authorized — Injunction to Stop Illegal Payments
No person, corporation, agency, or other entity, except the department or a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, as defined in § 36-1-102, shall engage in the placement of children for adoption; provided, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any person from advising parents of a child or prospective adoptive […]
§ 36-1-109. Illegal Payments in Connection With Placement of Child — Penalty
It is unlawful for any person, corporation, agency, or other entity other than the department or a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, as defined in § 36-1-102, that is subject to regulation by the department to: Charge or receive from or on behalf of any person or persons legally adopting or accepting […]
§ 36-1-110. Parent Under Eighteen Years of Age — Surrender
A parent who has not reached eighteen (18) years of age shall have the legal capacity to surrender a child or otherwise give parental consent to adoption or execute a waiver of interest and to release such parent’s rights to a child, and shall be as fully bound thereby as if the parent had attained […]
§ 36-1-111. Presurrender 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
Prior to receiving a surrender by a parent of a child or prior to the execution of a parental consent by a parent in a petition for adoption, the prospective adoptive parents shall request a licensed child-placing agency, a licensed clinical social worker, or, if indigent under federal poverty guidelines, the department, to conduct a […]
§ 36-1-112. Revocation of Surrender or Parental Consent — Form
A person who executed a surrender may revoke the surrender at any time within three (3) calendar days of the date of the surrender. The three-day period shall be calculated using the method for computation of time established in the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 6.01. The surrender shall be revoked by appearing before […]
§ 36-1-101. Purpose of Part — Construction
The primary purpose of this part is to provide means and procedures for the adoption of children and adults that recognize and effectuate to the greatest extent possible the rights and interests of persons affected by adoption, especially those of the adopted persons, which are specifically protected by the constitutions of the United States and […]
§ 36-1-102. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: For purposes of terminating the parental or guardian rights of a parent or parents or a guardian or guardians of a child to that child in order to make that child available for adoption, “abandonment” means that: For a period of four (4) consecutive months […]