Sec. 2. The putative father registry is established within the Indiana department of health. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to administer the registry.
Ind. Code § 31-19-5-2
Establishment of registry; rules
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Jones v. Maple (2000)
Most recently applied in In re the Matter of: I.J., Child, T.M. v. L.D. and J.D. (July 2015)
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11
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