WVLT: Tennessee looking to speed up adoption process

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Adopting or fostering a child can take years in some cases. But now, Tennessee is looking to speed up the process.

“The younger they are, the easier they are to find a permanent solution for,” Jeremy Harrell said, President of The Adoption Project. “And the older they are, the harder they are to find a permanent solution for.”

Harrell said that’s the idea behind a couple of bills in Tennessee. If passed, they would reduce the waiting period for all adoptions.

Right now, parents looking to adopt, have to have the child in their home for six months before a judge can finalize it. That would be cut to three months under the proposed bills. However, Harrell said that doesn’t mean kids are at risk of potentially going to another bad situation. Watch video and read more from WVLT >>