36-1-104 - Withholding of material information concerning the status of the parents or guardian of a child subject to surrender, termination of parental rights or adoption Misdemeanor. - Tennessee Statutes

36-1-104. Withholding of material information concerning the status of the parents or guardian of a child subject to surrender, termination of parental rights or adoption Misdemeanor.

Any person who, upon request by any party to an adoption or the party's agent or attorney, a licensed child-placing agency or licensed clinical social worker, the department, or the court, knowingly and willfully withholds any information related to the child who is the subject of a surrender, a termination of parental rights, or an adoption proceeding, or who knowingly and willfully withholds any material information concerning the identity, status, or whereabouts of the child's parent(s) or guardian(s), or who knowingly and willfully gives false information concerning the child or the identity, status, or whereabouts of the child's parents or guardian commits a Class A misdemeanor. Nothing herein shall be construed to require any person or agency to disclose any information, the confidentiality or privilege of which is protected by any state or federal law or regulation.

[Acts 1995, ch. 532, § 1; 1996, ch. 1054, § 16.]