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The Department strives to finalize the adoption of a child, who is legally free for adoption, within 12 months. We hope this page will help answer preliminary questions you may have.
To get your sealed original birth certificate, you must file a petition with the county clerk's office in the county where you were adopted. The petition requires a reason for wanting your original birth certificate. A health issue is the most common reason adoptees can obtain their sealed birth certificate.
What to include: The completed and signed application for Certified Copy of Certificate of Birth, Death, Marriage or Divorce. One of the following for identification purposes: a photocopy of a government-issued identification card which includes the signature of the requester. a notarized application for certified copy.
Copies of court records, like original birth certificates, are available upon request through the Adoption Records process.
Adoption records in Tennessee are private and confidential and not open to the general public. Adoption records are, however, available to eligible persons.
You need to request the information through your Child Support Office. DCS can only release the information directly to the Child Support Office.