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Ind. Code § 31-19-5-3

Purpose of registry

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Jones v. Maple (2000)

Most recently applied in In Re Adoption of JDC (June 2001)

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

Sec. 3. The registry's purpose is to determine the name and address of a father:

(1) whose name and address have not been disclosed by the mother of the child, on or before the date the mother executes a consent to the child's adoption, to:

(A) an attorney; or

(B) an agency;

that is arranging the adoption of the child; and

(2) who may have conceived a child for whom a petition for adoption has been or may be filed;

so that notice of the adoption may be provided to the putative father.

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