Adoption - As introduced, changes from 100 years to 90 years the amount of time that must elapse from the date the adoption was finalized before confidential adoption records become public records open to inspection. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36, Chapter 1; Title 37; Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7 and Section 49-6-1304.

Summary

The bill amends Tennessee law so that adoption records that are currently sealed for a century will be opened after ninety years instead. It affects adoptees, birth parents, and anyone seeking access to historic adoption files, aiming to make records available sooner for genealogical or legal purposes.

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