Source: http://www.state.tn.us/tccy/tnchild/36/36-1-133.htm
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36-1-133. Release of nonidentifying information concerning biological or legal family. Browse Previous Page | Table of Contents | Browse Next Page
36-1-133. Release of nonidentifying information concerning biological or legal family. (a) Upon written request of an adopted person eighteen (18) years of age or older or of the adoptive parents or guardian of an adopted person under eighteen (18) years of age, the biological or legal relatives of an adopted person, the lineal descendants of the adopted person, or the legal representatives of such persons, the department shall provide to such persons, upon proper identification of such persons by the department, nonidentifying information about the adopted person and such person's biological or legal relatives as may be contained in the adopted person's sealed adoption record, sealed record or post-adoption record.
(d) For the purpose of providing full disclosure about a child to be adopted, the department shall provide the same information described in subdivisions (b)(1)-(7) to prospective adoptive parents with respect to any child or children the prospective adoptive parents are seeking to adopt.
Acts 1982, ch. 668, § 1; T.C.A., § 36-141; § 36-1-140; Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1; 1996, ch. 1054, §§ 89, 90, 120; 2003, ch. 231, § 16.