Indiana § 31-19-5-17 Departmental responsibilities upon request for registry search

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-19-5-17 — Departmental responsibilities upon request for registry search

Indiana § 31-19-5-17

Art. 19FAMILY LAW: ADOPTION

Ch. 5Putative Father Registry

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Ind. Code § 31-19-5-17 (2026).

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Whenever the state department receives a request under section 15 of this chapter, the state department shall:

(1)search the state department's records of paternity determinations and notices of filings of petitions to establish paternity filed under IC 31-14-9-2; and

(2)notify the attorney or agency, in compliance with IC 31-19-6, as to whether a record of a paternity determination or a notice of a filing of a petition to establish paternity has been filed concerning a child who is or may be the subject of an adoption that the attorney or agency is arranging. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-15.]

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Whenever the state department receives a
request under section 15 of this chapter, the state department shall:
(1) search the state department's records of paternity
determinations and notices of filings of petitions to establish
paternity filed under IC 31-14-9-2; and
(2) notify the attorney or agency, in compliance with IC 31-19-6,
as to whether a record of a paternity determination or a notice of
a filing of a petition to establish paternity has been filed
concerning a child who is or may be the subject of an adoption
that the attorney or agency is arranging.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-15.]