Ind. Code § 31-14-20-2

Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Jones v. Maple (2000)

Most recently applied in Helen G. v. Mark Jh (October 2006)

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.

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Sec. 2. (a) A man who fails to register with the putative father registry as required by section 1 of this chapter waives the right to notice of an adoption of a child who is the subject of the paternity action:

(1) if the adoption is filed before the man establishes paternity; and

(2) in which the child's mother does not disclose to an attorney or agency arranging the adoption the name or address of the child's putative father.

(b) A waiver under this section constitutes the man's irrevocably implied consent to the child's adoption.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.