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Ind. Code § 31-19-10-7

Service of notice of adoption contest; protection of privacy of adoption petitioner

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11

Sec. 7. (a) The court may:

(1) send all notices of the filing of a motion to contest an adoption;

(2) conduct bifurcated hearings under this chapter; and

(3) issue an order protecting the anonymity of a petitioner for adoption.

(b) An order issued under subsection (a)(3) may include an order directed to an attorney who represents a party:

(1) contesting an adoption; or

(2) seeking to withdraw a consent to adoption.

An order under subdivision (1) or (2) may order the attorney not to disclose information that identifies or may tend to identify a petitioner for adoption.

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