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§ 36-2-316 — Discrimination against children born out of wedlock - Penalty

Tennessee § 36-2-316
JurisdictionTennessee
Title36

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-316 (2026).

Text

(a)No child born out of wedlock shall be deprived of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law.
(b)Any person, including any employee or official of any governmental agency, who deprives any person of any civil benefit afforded to other citizens by law, by reason of the child being born out of wedlock, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.

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Parent under eighteen years of age - Surrender
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