Tennessee Adoption Laws, Page 5

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Putative Fathers

Does State have a Putative Father Registry:

Registry/Paternity Requirements to Receive Notice

• The putative father may file a notice of intent to claim paternity prior to the child's birth or within 30 days after the child's birth.
  
• The putative father must file a complaint for parentage within 30 days from the receipt of notice of adoption proceedings.

Information Contained in Registry/Claim

• Name and address of the putative father, the child, and the birth mother for whom an order of parentage has been entered, and those for whom the registrar has a record that any acknowledgment of parentage was executed.
  
• Names of persons who have filed a notice of intent to claim paternity
  
• Names of persons who have been adjudicated by any court to be the father of a child born out of wedlock
  
• Names of persons who have filed with the registry of this or any other State an acknowledgment of paternity
  
• Any other information that identifies the child or the child's whereabouts

Revocation of Claim to Paternity

• The putative father may revoke a notice of intent to claim parentage at anytime in writing.
  
• A revocation is effective as of the date it is filed.

Access to Information Maintained in Registry

Statute: § 32-2-318(h)

• Any notice of intent to claim paternity may be used as evidence by any other party in any proceeding in which the parentage of a child may be relevant.

Credits: Child Welfare Information Gateway (http://www.childwelfare.gov)

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