The Legislature shall have no power to change the names of persons, or to pass acts adopting or legitimatizing persons, but shall, by general laws, confer this power on the courts.
Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 6, under Miscellaneous Provisions.
Tenn. Const. art. XI, § 6
Section 6
The Legislature shall have no power to change the names of persons, or to pass acts adopting or legitimatizing persons, but shall, by general laws, confer this power on the courts.