Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-110 (2026)
Parent under eighteen years of age - Surrender
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) A parent who has not reached eighteen (18) years of age shall have the legal capacity to surrender a child or otherwise give parental consent to adoption or execute a waiver of interest and to release such parent's rights to a child, and shall be as fully bound thereby as if the parent had attained eighteen (18) years of age.
- (b) The court shall have the authority to appoint a guardian ad litem for the minor parent of a child who may be surrendered or for whom a parental consent or waiver of interest is given if deemed necessary to advise and assist the minor parent with respect to surrender, parental consent, waiver, or termination of the minor parent's parental rights.
Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 8 (Williams, § 9572.22); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-109; § 36-1-109; Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1; 1996, ch. 1054, § 20.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1997–2010 · leading case: Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010).
Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010). “By the same token, if the capacity of an adult to make a decision regarding the disposition of a decedent's remains is challenged, the decision regarding the adult's capacity is a question of fact, not a question of law. . During the Senate Commerce Committee's hearing on the…”
In Re Sidney J., 313 S.W.3d 772 (Tenn. 2010). “This determination pretermits the issue of whether the paternal grandparents met the requirements of section 36-1-110(f)(1) because Sidney's father joined in their adoption petition for the stated purpose of consenting to the adoption and thus surrendered Sidney to them.”
Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc. - Dissenting (Tenn. 2010). “20 Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-110 (a) (2005). -9- next of kin, have a “possession” of the body so that they may dispose of it for burial according to their wishes.”
John Doe v. Mama Taori's Premium Pizza, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 37-10-303 (b) (1996)]; and they may surrender a child for adoption [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-110 (a) (1996)]. The General Assembly has determined that minors are incompetent with regard to relatively few activities.”
Amanda Carol Croslin & Phyllis Croslin Baker v. Danny Keith Croslin, wife Betty Jean Croslin & Stanley Gardner Haskins (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “§ 36-1-109 (1991) has been transferred to T.C.A. § 36-1-110 (1996). 5 T.C.A. § 36-1-127 (1991) has been transferred to T.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-110(a): 1 case
Linda F. Seals v. H & F, Inc., 301 S.W.3d 237 (Tenn. 2010). “By the same token, if the capacity of an adult to make a decision regarding the disposition of a decedent's remains is challenged, the decision regarding the adult's capacity is a question of fact, not a question of law. . During the Senate Commerce Committee's hearing on the…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-110(f)(1): 1 case
In Re Sidney J., 313 S.W.3d 772 (Tenn. 2010). “This determination pretermits the issue of whether the paternal grandparents met the requirements of section 36-1-110(f)(1) because Sidney's father joined in their adoption petition for the stated purpose of consenting to the adoption and thus surrendered Sidney to them.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.