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Ind. Code § 31-19-9-6

Information and forms provided to birth parents

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Infant Girl W. (2006)

Most recently applied in R.K.H. v. Morgan County Office of Family & Children (April 2006)

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

Sec. 6. The individual who or agency that arranges for the signing of a consent to adoption shall provide each birth parent whose consent to adoption is obtained under this chapter with the following:

(1) An explanation concerning the following:

(A) The availability of adoption history information under IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-25.5.

(B) The birth parent's option to file a contact preference form with the state registrar if the birth parent seeks to restrict the release of identifying information.

(C) That identifying information may be released unless the birth parent files the contact preference form with the state registrar indicating the birth parent's lack of consent to the release of identifying information.

(2) A contact preference form prescribed by the state registrar under IC 31-19-25-4.6.

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