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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 386
SENATE BILL NO. 1005
By Haile, Bailey, Hatcher, Lowe, Pody, Rose, Stevens, Walley
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1180
By Farmer, Hardaway, Davis, Terry, Alexander
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37, relative to adoption.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-1-116, is· amended by designating
subsection (b) as subdivision (b)(1) and adding the following as a new subdivision (b)(2):
(2)(A) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, if the petitioners are seeking to
adopt more than one (1) child at the same time and the children are siblings, then the
petitioners may include all of the children in one (1) petition to adopt unless the court
issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate
petitions be filed.
(B) The clerk of court shall charge only one (1) filing fee for a petition filed
pursuant to subdivision (b)(2)(A).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1005
PASSED: April 17, 2025
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, RANDY McNALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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