TN HB0488

Legislative Description

As enacted, provides that the department of children's services, in determining whether to continue or restore custody to a parent, may not require a parent to do the following and a permanency plan may not require the following: a parent will not be required to obtain employment, if such parent has sufficient resources from other means to care for the child; or a parent will not be required to provide the child with the child's own bedroom unless specific safety or medical reasons exist that would make placement of the child with another child unsafe. - Amends TCA Title 37.

Child Custody and Support

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