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36-1-117. Parties to proceedings � Termination of rights of putative father � Consent of parent or guardian � Service of process. Browse Previous Page | Table of Contents | Browse Next Page
36-1-117. Parties to proceedings - Termination of rights of putative father - Consent of parent or guardian - Service of process. (a) Unless the legal parent or the guardian, or, as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the putative biological father of the child has surrendered parental or guardianship rights to the child, has executed a parental consent that has been confirmed by the court, has waived the person's rights pursuant to § 36-1-111(w), or unless the person's rights have been terminated by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the legal parents, guardian of the person of the child or of an adult, the biological mother, and the established father or putative father of the child must be made parties to the adoption proceeding or to a separate proceeding seeking the termination of those rights, and their rights to the child must be terminated by a court to authorize the court to order the adoption of the child or adult by other persons.
(6) The biological father has entered a permanency plan under the provisions of title 37, chapter 2, part 4, or under similar provisions of any other state or territory in which the biological father acknowledges paternity of the child.
(2) Service of process for proceedings to terminate parental rights in juvenile court shall be pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, unless a finding is made pursuant to Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure Rule 1 that the interests of justice require otherwise, the statutory requirements of title 37, chapter 1, part 1, where not otherwise in conflict with this part, and the statutes governing substituted service.
Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 7 (Williams, § 9572.21); Acts 1955, ch. 320, § 2; 1955, ch. 345, § 1; 1959, ch. 223, § 3; 1961, ch. 150, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1; 1976, ch. 455, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-108; § 36-1-108; Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1; 1996, ch. 1054, §§ 53-56, 113; 1997, ch. 551, §§ 57-65; 1998, ch. 1098, §§ 5-7; 2003, ch. 231, § 14; 2007, ch. 199, §§ 1, 2; 2008, ch. 1059, § 5; 2008, ch. 1162, § 1; 2010, ch. 842, § 2; 2010, ch. 849, § 1.
Compiler's Notes. Former § 36-1-117, concerning revocation of surrender, was transferred to § 36-1-112.