Indiana § 31-19-5-3 Purpose of registry

Indiana Statutes

§ 31-19-5-3 — Purpose of registry

Indiana § 31-19-5-3

Art. 19FAMILY LAW: ADOPTION

Ch. 5Putative Father Registry

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Ind. Code § 31-19-5-3 (2026).

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The registry's purpose is to determine the name and address of a father:

(1)whose name and address have not been disclosed by the mother of the child, on or before the date the mother executes a consent to the child's adoption, to:

(A)an attorney; or

(B)an agency; that is arranging the adoption of the child; and

(2)who may have conceived a child for whom a petition for adoption has been or may be filed; so that notice of the adoption may be provided to the putative father. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-7(a).]

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The registry's purpose is to determine the name
and address of a father:
(1) whose name and address have not been disclosed by the
mother of the child, on or before the date the mother executes a
consent to the child's adoption, to:
(A) an attorney; or
(B) an agency;
that is arranging the adoption of the child; and
(2) who may have conceived a child for whom a petition for
adoption has been or may be filed;
so that notice of the adoption may be provided to the putative father.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-7(a).]