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TN Code § 36-1-143 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-143. Post-Adoption Services to Support Permanency in Adoption

  The department shall provide post-adoption services in order to reduce the risk of adoption dissolution and to support the goal of permanency in adoption.   The department shall provide the following post-adoption services either directly or through purchase of service providers:  Crisis intervention, including the provision of immediate assessment and time limited treatment in volatile situations and connecting families to long-term adoption sensitive treatment providers;   Family and individual counseling, including the provision of mental health counseling to families and children to address issues challenging family communication, integration and other issues that may be threatening the family unit;   Support groups for parents and children, including educational and recreational group experiences that bring families and children together who share the experience of the adoption process and are family strength focused;   Advocacy, including information and referral services to assist families in navigating and accessing services through the community, educational, mental health and medical provider systems;   Respite, including services that provide temporary, nonthreatening relief to families and children undergoing challenging circumstances and those in crisis;   Case management services to stabilize volatile family situations, to develop short-term intervention plans and to connect the family with ongoing services and support systems; and   Networking of families and community providers, including the provision of educational experiences that build a more adoption sensitive provider community to be aware of and responsive to families created through adoption.     Post-adoption services are available to:  Families who have adopted children for whom the department had legal responsibility immediately preceding the adoption; and   Biological families of children adopted through the department.     Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent access to records of the adopted person as otherwise permitted or required by this part.   It is the legislative intent that this section shall be carried out subject to the availability of funds with which to do so and that this section shall not be implemented beyond budgetary limitations.
TN Code § 36-1-144 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-144. Categories of Information to Be Provided to Adoptive Family

  To provide full disclosure about a child to be adopted from the department's guardianship, the department shall provide to the adoptive family the following categories of information, to the extent that they are available:  Historical and current health information;   Historical and current educational information;   Historical and current mental and behavioral health information;   Nationality, ethnic background, race, and religious preference;   Other information required for the adoptive family to evaluate its ability to provide appropriate care for the child, including daily routine, social and emotional well-being, and personality;   Relevant information about the child's experience in foster care and reasons for coming into care;   Pertinent prenatal and birth information, including birth date, time of birth, weight, and other physical characteristics at birth; and   A general physical description, including height, weight, hair color, eye color, and any other information related to the child's physical appearance.     The department shall also provide the following categories of nonidentifying information about the child's biological or legal family, to the extent that they are available:  Historical and current health information;   Historical and current educational and occupational information;   Historical and current mental and behavioral health information;   Nationality, ethnic background, race, and religious preference; and   A general physical description, including height, weight, hair color, eye color, and any other information related to the physical appearance of the child's biological or legal family.     Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or require the release of information that may lead to the discovery of the identity or location of the biological or legal relatives of the child to be adopted.
TN Code § 36-1-146 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-146. Rebuttable Presumption That Guardian Ad Litem's Fees Divided Equally Between Parties

 If a court appoints a guardian ad litem in a pending adoption proceeding, there will be a rebuttable presumption that the guardian ad litem's fees shall be divided equally between the parties, excluding the person being adopted; provided, that if a party is found by the court to be indigent, the guardian ad litem shall charge that party's portion of the fees to the state through the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system, and bill the remaining parties at the same hourly rate as paid by the administrative office of the courts claims and payment system.
TN Code § 36-1-147 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 36-1-147. Private Licensed Child-Placing Agencies

  To the extent allowed by federal law, no private licensed child-placing agency shall be required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, refer, or participate in any placement of a child for foster care or adoption when the proposed placement would violate the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies.   To the extent allowed by federal law, the department of children's services shall not deny an application for an initial license or renewal of a license or revoke the license of a private child-placing agency because of the agency's objection to performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, consenting to, referring, or participating in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies.   To the extent allowed by federal law, a state or local government entity shall not deny to a private licensed child-placing agency any grant, contract, or participation in a government program because of the agency's objection to performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, consenting to, referring, or participating in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies.   Refusal of a private licensed child-placing agency to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, refer, or participate in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies shall not form the basis of a civil action for either damages or injunctive relief.
TN Code § 36-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|§ 36-1-202. Amount of Assistance

 The amounts of adoption assistance and other aid that Tennessee will provide to children with special needs in accordance with Article IV of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance shall be determined in accordance with § 37-5-106(a)(13).
TN Code § 36-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|§ 36-1-203. Documentation of Eligibility

 For the purpose of determining eligibility for any benefit under this part from the state of Tennessee, the adoptive parents of any child on whose behalf benefits are sought shall annually furnish the department of children's services documentation establishing that the adoption assistance agreement continues in force or has been renewed.
TN Code § 36-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|§ 36-1-204. Applicability of Part

 This part shall apply only to medical assistance for children under adoption assistance agreements from states that have entered into a compact with this state under which the other state provides medical assistance to children with special needs under adoption assistance agreements made by this state. Eligibility of all other children for assistance pursuant to adoption assistance agreements entered into by this state shall be determined in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable thereto.
TN Code § 36-1-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|§ 36-1-205. Violations — Penalties

 Whoever knowingly obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids, or abets any person to obtain, by means of a willfully false statement or representation or by impersonation, or other fraudulent device, any assistance on behalf of a child or other person pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Adoption Assistance and Medical Assistance to which such child or other person is not entitled or assistance greater than such child or other person is entitled, commits a Class E felony.
TN Code § 36-1-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 2 - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance|§ 36-1-206. Construction — Compliance With Federal Laws

 This compact shall, insofar as practical, be construed to be in compliance with all federal laws governing adoption assistance and payment for medical assistance. In the event subsequent changes in federal law or regulations necessitate changes in the text of the compact, the commissioner of children's services is authorized to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to alter the terms of the compact to comply with federal law or regulations.
TN Code § 36-1-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 3 - Adoption Contact Veto Registry|§ 36-1-301. Advance Notice System

 The object of this part is to establish an advance notice system that enables an eligible person to request the department to provide advance notification prior to the release of adoption records, sealed records, sealed adoption records, post-adoption records, or any other records or papers under § 36-1-127(c) that have information regarding such person in order to give the person requesting advance notification the opportunity to prepare for the release and any impact this might have on the person or the person's family or associates. If the department has received such a request, it shall delay the release of the adoption records, sealed records, sealed adoption records, post-adoption records, or any other records or papers to another person during the advance notice period.
TN Code § 36-1-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 3 - Adoption Contact Veto Registry|§ 36-1-302. “Advance Notice Period” Defined

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires, “advance notice period” means the fifteen-day period from the date of mailing a notice regarding the impending release of adoption records, sealed records, sealed adoption records, post-adoption records, or any other records or papers to a person who has requested that the department provide advance notice prior to releasing the information.
TN Code § 36-1-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 3 - Adoption Contact Veto Registry|§ 36-1-303. Persons Entitled to File a Request for Advance Notice

  A person is entitled to file a request to be given advance notice before any adoption record, sealed record, sealed adoption record, post-adoption record, or any other records or papers with information regarding that person is released to another person if the person seeking to file the request is otherwise eligible to receive such information pursuant to this part.   An eligible person desiring to place that person's name on the advance notice registry shall notify the department in writing on a form provided by the department, provide satisfactory proof of identity, and pay any necessary fees. The department shall supply the registration form upon request.
TN Code § 36-1-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 3 - Adoption Contact Veto Registry|§ 36-1-304. Advance Notice Registry

  The department shall establish and maintain an advance notice registry. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the advance notice registry shall not be considered part of the post-adoption record or any other record or paper subject to release under § 36-1-127(c), and the information contained in the advance notice registry shall be confidential.   The advance notice registry shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:  Name of each person who has duly filed an advance notice request;   Address given by the person as the mailing address at which any postal contact by the department with the person should be made;   Date and place of birth of the person filing with the advance notice registry;   Persons or class of persons affected by the request; and   Advance notice period.     A person whose name is entered in the advance notice registry shall advise the department of any change in the person's address.
TN Code § 36-1-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 1 - Adoption|Part 3 - Adoption Contact Veto Registry|§ 36-1-305. Promulgation of Necessary Rules and Regulations

 The department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to facilitate the implementation of this part in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 2.
TN Code § 36-2-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-301. Statement of Purpose

 This chapter provides a single cause of action to establish parentage of children other than establishment by adoption pursuant to chapter 1 of this title, or by acknowledgement of parentage pursuant to §§ 68-3-203(g), 68-3-302 or 68-3-305(b).
TN Code § 36-2-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-302. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Child born out of wedlock” means a child born to parents who are not married to each other when the child was born;   “Court” means the juvenile court or any trial court with general jurisdiction;   “Father” means the biological father of a child born out of wedlock;   “Mother” means the biological mother of a child born out of wedlock;   “Parent” means the biological mother or biological father of a child, regardless of the marital status of the mother and father; and   “Father,” “mother,” and “parent” do not include a biological parent whose parental rights have been terminated for a child whose parentage is at issue.
TN Code § 36-2-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-303. Custody With Mother Absent an Order of Custody

 Absent an order of custody to the contrary, custody of a child born out of wedlock is with the mother.
TN Code § 36-2-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-305. Agreement to Establish Parentage — Complaint to Establish Parentage — Parties — When Action May Be Brought — Order of Protection

  The court may enter an order of parentage upon the agreement of the mother and father unless the court on its own motion orders genetic testing. In any such agreement, the mother and father must affirmatively acknowledge their parentage of the child. Any agreement under this part shall comply with the requirements of § 36-2-311.    Absent an agreement or an acknowledgement of parentage as prescribed by § 68-3-203(g), § 68-3-302, or § 68-3-305(b), a complaint to establish parentage may be filed. Except as hereinafter provided, Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern all actions under this subsection (b).   A complaint to establish parentage of a child may be filed by:  The child, if the child has reached the age of majority, or if the child is a minor, the child through a guardian or next friend;   The child's mother, or if the mother is a minor, the mother's personal representative, parent, or guardian;   A man claiming to be the child's father, or if the man is a minor, the man's parent, guardian, or personal representative;   The department of human services or its contractor.     One (1) man or several men may be named as the father. The naming of one (1) man as father does not preclude a later suit against another man if the court finds that the first man is not the father of the child.   If an action under this section is brought before the birth of the child, all proceedings may be stayed until after the birth, except service of process, the taking of depositions to preserve testimony, and the performance of genetic testing.   If the alleged father threatens or attempts to harm the complainant in any manner, the court may enter an order of protection pursuant to chapter 3, part 6 of this title. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be construed to alter or increase the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts to issue orders of protection except when the parties are before the court in connection with a complaint filed pursuant to this chapter.   The action may be commenced by service of a summons as in civil cases and tried as a civil action. In the alternative, notice of the filing of the complaint shall be delivered to the defendant or the defendant's representative or shall be sent to the defendant at the defendant's last known address. If the defendant fails to make an appearance or file an answer to the complaint, the court may proceed as in civil cases or may issue a warrant for the apprehension of the defendant, directed to any officer in this state authorized to execute warrants, commanding such officer without delay to apprehend the defendant and bring the defendant before the court for the purpose of having an adjudication as to the paternity of the child, and such warrant may be issued to any county of this state.
TN Code § 36-2-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-306. Statute of Limitations

 An action to establish the parentage of a child may be instituted before or after the birth of the child and until three (3) years beyond the child's age of majority. This chapter shall not affect the relationship of parent and child as established in § 31-2-105.
TN Code § 36-2-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-307. Jurisdiction — Venue

   The juvenile court or any trial court with general jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction of an action brought under this chapter; provided, that, in any county having a population not less than eight hundred twenty-five thousand (825,000) nor more than eight hundred thirty thousand (830,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, only the juvenile court shall have jurisdiction of an action brought under this chapter.   The court shall have statewide jurisdiction over the parties involved in the case.     Any minimum contact relevant to a child's being born out of wedlock that meets constitutional standards shall be sufficient to establish the jurisdiction of the courts of Tennessee over the parents for an action under this chapter. Any conduct in Tennessee that results in conception of a child born out of wedlock shall be deemed sufficient contact to submit the parents to the jurisdiction of the courts of Tennessee for action under this chapter.    The complaint may be filed in the county where the father resides or is found, the county where the mother resides or is found, or the county in which the child resides or is present when the application is made. However, a man who seeks to establish parentage of a child who is the subject of a pending petition for adoption pursuant to chapter 1, part 1 of this title, must file this petition in the court where the adoption petition is filed.   Any complaint to establish parentage that may be filed or that is pending in any court subsequent to the filing of an adoption petition involving the same child shall be transferred for any further proceedings to the court where the adoption proceedings are pending on motion of any party to the paternity complaint or the adoption petition, on the court's own motion, or upon the request of the court in which an adoption petition is pending.   The adoption court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine the issues relating to the parentage of the child.   Any order of parentage entered by any court other than the adoption court subsequent to the date of the adoption petition is filed shall be void, unless the adoption petition is denied or dismissed.
TN Code § 36-2-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-308. Conduct of Trial — Expedited Hearings

  The trial shall be without a jury.   Hearings under this section shall be expedited on the court's civil docket.   Upon proper motion, default judgment shall be entered against the defendant upon showing of service of process on the defendant where the defendant has failed to answer or make an appearance within thirty (30) days of service of process.   Bills for the mother's care during pregnancy and childbirth and genetic testing shall be admissible without requiring third party foundation testimony and shall constitute prima facie evidence of amounts incurred for such services or for testing on behalf of the child.
TN Code § 36-2-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-309. Tests to Determine Parentage

  Tests for parentage in actions arising pursuant to this part or in any actions to determine parentage shall be conducted pursuant to § 24-7-112.   The state of Tennessee, its officers, employees, agents or contractors shall not be liable to any person for, nor be ordered to refund to any person, any moneys received pursuant to an order entered pursuant to this part that is subsequently set aside by the court due to a finding of nonpaternity of the person previously adjudicated as the child's father. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall preclude the issuance of a judgment against the mother or actual biological father of the child or children in favor of the person subsequently found not to be the father of a child or children.
TN Code § 36-2-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 36 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 2 - Parentage|Part 3 - Parentage and Legitimation|§ 36-2-310. Temporary Order of Support

 The court shall, upon motion of the party, enter a temporary order of child support pending the final determination of paternity upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence of parentage on the basis of genetic tests.