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36-1-138. Court orders for the release of information from adoption and sealed records. Browse Previous Page | Table of Contents | Browse Next Page
36-1-138. Court orders for the release of information from adoption and sealed records. (a) (1) 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 of the adoption proceeding, or, where the adoption proceeding is not yet filed, in the chancery or circuit court of the county where the record is located, or in the chancery or circuit court of any county that has a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or greater, according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent census.
(3) If the court that had original jurisdiction was a county court or is a court that no longer exists, the chancery court for the county in which such court was established shall have jurisdiction to hear the motion, in addition to the circuit or chancery courts in counties with a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more, as established by the 1990 federal census or any subsequent census.
(1) The movant must show that information is needed for purposes of treating or preventing a physical, psychological or psychiatric condition affecting any person, which is clearly and specifically described by testimony or affidavit of a qualified treatment professional. For purposes of this section, �qualified treatment professional� means a person licensed by any state or federal authority or the duly authorized licensing body of any other government to provide treatment for physical, psychological or psychiatric conditions;
(g) (1) No contact by a party receiving information pursuant to this section who is eligible to request a search under this part for any other person who is or may be protected by a contact veto of any kind, or who is an adopted person or a person for whom records are maintained as described under § 36-1-127(c)(1)(A), shall be permitted unless the provisions of §§ 36-1-130 and §§ 36-1-131have been completed and contact is permissible pursuant to those sections.
Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 26 (Williams, § 9572.40); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-132; Acts 1985, ch. 40, §§ 1-3; 1989, ch. 533, § 1; T.C.A., § 36-1-131; Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1; 1996, ch. 1054, §§ 92-96, 99, 123, 124; 1996, ch. 1079, § 69.