Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Tennessee HB0102 amends existing laws regarding the access to sealed adoption records by lowering the minimum age for eligible individuals from 21 to 18, allowing adopted persons and their adoptive parents to request these records. The bill also permits the release of identifying information from sealed records to lineal descendants of deceased individuals and allows access to certain information by representatives of the Department of Children's Services and district attorneys in specific circumstances. Key changes include expanded access to records for younger individuals and provisions for deceased biological parents' information.
Tennessee HB0102 amends existing laws regarding the access to sealed adoption records by lowering the minimum age for eligible individuals from 21 to 18, allowing adopted persons and their adoptive parents to request these records. The bill also permits the release of identifying information from sealed records to lineal descendants of deceased individuals and allows access to certain information by representatives of the Department of Children's Services and district attorneys in specific circumstances. Key changes include expanded access to records for younger individuals and provisions for deceased biological parents' information.
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