Tennessee Statutes

§ 36-2-317 — Official references to illegitimacy

Tennessee § 36-2-317

JurisdictionTennessee

Title36

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-317 (2026).

Text

No explicit references shall be made to illegitimacy in any legal proceeding, record, certificates or other papers except the departments of human services and health may keep records of out-of-wedlock births.

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Related

Lanier v. Rains

229 S.W.3d 656 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 2007)

104 case citations

White v. Armstrong

(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1999)

Legislative History

Acts 1997, ch. 477, § 1.

Nearby Sections

15

§ 36-1-101

Purpose of part - Construction

§ 36-1-102

Part definitions

§ 36-1-103

Prior adoptions and terminations of parental rights involving minors and prior adoptions of adults ratified

§ 36-1-104

Withholding of material information concerning the status of the parents or guardian of a child subject to surrender, termination of parental rights or adoption - Misdemeanor

§ 36-1-105

Violation of criminal provisions of part by state employee - Dismissal

§ 36-1-106

§ 36-1-107

Persons to whom this part is applicable

§ 36-1-108

Entities authorized to place children for adoption - Advisory and agency capacity authorized - Injunction to stop illegal payments

§ 36-1-109

Illegal payments in connection with placement of child - Penalty

§ 36-1-110

Parent under eighteen years of age - Surrender

§ 36-1-111

Presurrender request for home study or preliminary home study - Surrender of child - Consent for adoption by parent - Effect of Surrender - Form of surrender - Waiver of interest - Interpreter for non-English speaking parents

§ 36-1-112

Revocation of surrender or parental consent - Form

§ 36-1-113

Termination of parental or guardianship rights

§ 36-1-114

§ 36-1-115

Persons eligible to file adoption petition - Residence requirements - Preference for foster parents

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