HOUSE BILL 1150
By Miller
SENATE BILL 314
By Yarbro
SB0314
000595
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8,
Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1,
relative to family leave for adoption of a newly
placed minor child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814(a), is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
( ) "Adoption" includes that period of time beginning with the filing of an adoption
petition and the initial placement of a minor child within the residence of a prospective
adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship
or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.