(1) Any person, irrespective of place of birth, citizenship, or place of residence, may be adopted or readopted in accordance with this part.
(2) A single person may file a petition for the adoption of a child.
(3) An adult may be adopted.
Persons to whom this part is applicable
Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 3 (Williams, § 9572.17); T.C.A
(1) Any person, irrespective of place of birth, citizenship, or place of residence, may be adopted or readopted in accordance with this part.
(2) A single person may file a petition for the adoption of a child.
(3) An adult may be adopted.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.