Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37.

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Chamber: House
Introduced: Feb 6, 2025
Last action: May 13, 2025 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 386
Session: 114
Momentum: 48 · Moderate

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46.1% Uncertain

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Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 69%, measured from TN's completed sessions
Momentum -0 48/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 520 days quiet

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