Except when the juvenile court or other appropriate court finds it not in the best interests of the affected child, upon petition by a noncustodial, biological parent whose parental rights have not been terminated, the court shall grant the rights set forth in § 36-6-101(a)(3)(A).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-6-110
Rights of noncustodial parents
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re the Adoption of D.P.M. (2002)
Most recently applied in In Re the Adoption of D.P.M. (July 2002)
Acts 1998, ch. 1087, § 1; 2011, ch. 119, § 4.
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