Promise DOE, et al., Appellees,
v.
Donald SUNDQUIST, et al., Appellants.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 27, 1999.
September 27, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Dianne Stamey Dycus, Deputy Attorney General, Nashville, for appellants.
Larry L. Crain, American Center for Law and Justice, Brentwood, Kevin H. Theriot, Panama City Beach, Florida, for appellees.
Frederick F. Greenman, Jr., Deutsch, Klagsbrun & Blasband, New York, New York, Robert D. Tuke, Tuke, Yopp & Sweeney, Nashville, Tennessee, Harlan Dodson, III, Anne C. Martin, Julie K. Sandine, Dodson, Parker & Behm, Nashville, for amici curiae, Teresa Evetts Horton, et al.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.
O P I N I O N
ANDERSON, Chief Justice.
We granted this appeal to decide whether legislation1 allowing disclosure of sealed adoption records to adopted persons over the age of 21 impairs the vested rights of birth parents who surrendered children under the prior law and thus constitutes retrospective legislation in violation of article I, section 20 of the Tennessee Constitution. We also...
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