Department of Children's Services
Dr. Viola Miller, Commissioner
Chapter 15 Adoption Services
DCS Guide Documents I DCS Guide Pages I Annual Reports I DCS Employment Opportunities
15.3 Surrender of Parental Rights of A Child To The DCS
15.4 Clearing The Putative Father Registry
15.5 Registering and Maintaining Status of Children with REACT
15.7 Consent To Adoption of Child Fourteen (14) Years of Age or Older
15.8 Preparing Adoption Records for Archives
15.10 Adoption Assistance Agreements Created Prior To October 1997
15.11 Adoption
Assistance
15.14 Adoption Assistance Case File Contents
• Protocol for Making Adoptive Placements
• Criteria for Documenting Full-time School Attendance
for Children 18, 19, and 20 Years Of Age
• Protocol for Adoption Assistance Case File Contents
• Protocol for Adoption Assistance When Children
Re-enter Care
• Protocol for Continuation of TennCare Eligiblity for Children Exiting Custody
• CFTM Guidelines for Identifying a Permanent Family
