Indiana § 31-14-20-2 Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-14-20-2 — Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings

Indiana § 31-14-20-2

Art. 14FAMILY LAW: ESTABLISHMENT OF

Ch. 20Registration With Putative Father Registry

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 31-14-20-2 (2026).

Text

(a)A man who fails to register with the putative father registry as required by section 1 of this chapter waives the right to notice of an adoption of a child who is the subject of the paternity action:

(1)if the adoption is filed before the man establishes paternity; and

(2)in which the child's mother does not disclose to an attorney or agency arranging the adoption the name or address of the child's putative father.

(b)A waiver under this section constitutes the man's irrevocably implied consent to the child's adoption. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-6.1-2(e).]

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(a) A man who fails to register with the
putative father registry as required by section 1 of this chapter waives
the right to notice of an adoption of a child who is the subject of the
paternity action:
(1) if the adoption is filed before the man establishes paternity;
and
(2) in which the child's mother does not disclose to an attorney or
agency arranging the adoption the name or address of the child's
putative father.
(b) A waiver under this section constitutes the man's irrevocably
implied consent to the child's adoption.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-6.1-2(e).]