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Ind. Code § 31-19-4-6

Putative father not entitled to notice of adoption

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Jones v. Maple (2000)

Most recently applied in Hunter v. John (June 2001)

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

Sec. 6. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, if:

(1) on or before the date the mother of a child executes a consent to the child's adoption, the mother does not disclose to the attorney or agency arranging the adoption the identity or address, or both, of the putative father; and

(2) the putative father has not registered with the putative father registry under IC 31-19-5 within the period under IC 31-19-5-12;

the putative father is not entitled to notice of the adoption.

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