Necessity of registration as requisite to notice rights
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Walker v. Campbell (1999)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Adoption and Paternity of K.G.B., E.S. v. T.B. and K.B. (September 2014)
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Sec. 5. If, on or before the date the mother of a child executes a consent to the child's adoption, the mother does not disclose to an attorney or agency that:
(1) is arranging; or
(2) may arrange;
an adoption of the child the name or address, or both, of the putative father of the child, the putative father must register under this chapter to entitle the putative father to notice of the child's adoption.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.