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Ind. Code § 31-19-17-3

Exclusion of information identifying birth parent; release of records concerning child to adoptive parents and adoptee

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

Sec. 3. The person, licensed child placing agency, or local office shall:

(1) exclude information that would identify the birth parents unless the prospective adoptive parent or the adoptive parent under subdivision (2)(A) or an adoptee under subdivision (2)(B) who requests the information knows the identity of the birth parents; and

(2) release all available social, medical, psychological, and educational records concerning the child to:

(A) the prospective adoptive parent or the adoptive parent; and

(B) upon request, an adoptee who:

(i) is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and

(ii) provides proof of identification.

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