Current Version
Region | Tennessee |
Issue | Same-sex adoption |
Status | Legal |
Start Date | Jun 26, 2017 |
End Date | now |
Description | Any single person is permitted to adopt per statute. State law allows any married individual to adopt their spouse's child via stepparent adoption, even though some counties or judges might give LGBT prospective parents trouble. Married LGBT couples can adopt jointly. |
Sources | www.lambdalegal.org/states-region/tennessee 36 TCA §36-1-115 https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/43-Tennessee-Snapshot.pdf |
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Revision by Notdog1996
Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
Value Special | Ambiguous | Legal |
Start Date | (NONE) | Jun 26, 2017 |
Note | Any person is permitted to adopt per statute, but second-parent adoption varies by judge and county. Since there has been no appellate decision on second-parent adoption, it is listed as ambiguous. | Any single person is permitted to adopt per statute. State law allows any married individual to adopt their spouse's child via stepparent adoption, even though some counties or judges might give LGBT prospective parents trouble. Married LGBT couples can adopt jointly. |
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Sources | www.lambdalegal.org/states-region/tennessee 36 TCA §36-1-115 | www.lambdalegal.org/states-region/tennessee 36 TCA §36-1-115 https://www.familyequality.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/43-Tennessee-Snapshot.pdf |
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