Adoption - As enacted, allows petitioners to include all children in one adoption petition if the petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed; specifies that the clerk of court must charge only one filing fee for such a petition. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 36 and Title 37.

HB 1180 allows adoptive parents seeking to adopt multiple siblings (who share at least one biological parent) to file a single adoption petition instead of separate ones, unless a court orders otherwise for the children's best interest. It directly affects adoptive parents and courts handling sibling adoption cases in Tennessee. The bill requires courts to issue a written finding if separate petitions are needed and mandates that clerks charge only one filing fee for the combined petition. This simplifies the process and reduces costs for families adopting multiple related children.