Tennessee § 37-5-402 Placement of imported child

Tennessee Statutes

§ 37-5-402 — Placement of imported child

Tennessee § 37-5-402

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-5-402 (2026).

Text

(a)The person, agency or corporation with whom a child is placed for either of the purposes set out in § 37-5-401 shall be responsible for the child's proper care and training.

(b)The department of human services, through its agents, shall permit the placing of such child only with a licensed child-caring or child-placing agency or maternity home or in a family home that has been studied and approved by the department's own agent.

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(a) The person, agency or corporation with whom a child is placed for either of the purposes set out in § 37-5-401 shall be responsible for the child's proper care and training. (b) The department of human services, through its agents, shall permit the placing of such child only with a licensed child-caring or child-placing agency or maternity home or in a family home that has been studied and approved by the department's own agent.

Legislative History

Acts 1951, ch. 116, § 1 (Williams, § 4737.1); impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1 (a, b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-1506, 14-9-202; T.C.A., § 71-3-402; Acts 1996, ch. 1079, § 157.