Tennessee's General Adoption Statutes

Tennessee

1. • Child placement agency
2. • Social worker
3. • Department of Children Services, for indigent petitioners

1. • Date and time of birth
2. • Physical characteristics at birth
3. • Determination of Tribal membership
4. • Value of any property owned or there is an interest

1. • Nationality, ethnic background, and religious preference
2. • Educational level
3. • Occupation; talents or hobbies
4. • General physical description
5. • Existence of other children
6. • Health history
7. • Psychological or psychiatric information

1. • Fitness to have care and custody of the child
2. • Financial ability
3. • Stability of home

Schedule of Hearings
Citation: §§ 40-11-12.1; 40-11-12.2
A permanency hearing shall be held:

• Within 12 months of the child's placement in care; at least every 12 months thereafter
• Within 30 days after a finding that reasonable efforts to reunify are not required

• All parties
• The foster parents
• Any preadoptive parent or relative providing care for the child

• The appropriateness of the service plan
• What services have been offered
• Any further efforts that will promote the best interests of the child

• Return to the parent
• Adoption
• Legal guardianship
• Placement with a fit and willing relative
• Another planned permanent living arrangement

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