Department of Children's Services
Kathryn “Kate” O’Day, 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 (updated 08/08)
15.4 Clearing The Putative Father Registry (updated 04/08)
15.5 Registering and Maintaining Status of Children and Families with AdoptUSKids (updated 8/11)
15.7 Consent To Adoption of Child Fourteen (14) Years of Age or Older (updated 03/08)
15.8 Preparing Adoption Records for Archives (updated 03/07)
15.10 Adoption Assistance Agreements Created Prior To October 1997 (updated 05/08)
15.11 Adoption
Assistance (updated 12/10)
15.14 Adoption Assistance Case File Contents (updated 8/11)
• Protocol for Making Adoptive Placements (updated 2/10)
• Protocol for Adoption Assistance Case File Contents (updated 05/09)
• Protocol for Adoption Assistance When Children
Re-enter Care (updated 01/08)
• Protocol for Continuation of TennCare Eligiblity for Children Exiting Custody (updated 4/10)
• CFTM Guidelines for Identifying a Permanent Family (updated 05/09)
