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Ind. Code § 31-19-5-6

Rights of presumptive fathers

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In the Matter of the Adoption and Paternity of K.G.B., E.S. v. T.B. and K.B. (2014)

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. 6. (a) This chapter does not relieve a man who is presumed to be a father under 31-14-7-2 from the obligation of registering in accordance with this chapter to be entitled to notice of an adoption of a child for whom the man may be the presumed father.

(b) The filing of a paternity action by a putative father does not relieve the putative father from the:

(1) obligation of registering; or

(2) consequences of failing to register;

in accordance with this chapter unless paternity has been established before the filing of the petition for adoption of the child.

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