§ 34-6-2.1-139 — "Parents"

Indiana § 34-6-2.1-139

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 6: DEFINITIONS

Text

(a) "Parents", for purposes of IC 34-28-3,
means:
(1) the child's birth mother and father who:
(A) is listed as the father on the birth certificate;
(B) is presumed by law under IC 31-14-7 to be the child's
father; or
(C) has established paternity with a court order;
(2) in the case of adoption, the adopting father and mother of a
child;
(3) where custody of a child has been awarded in a court
proceeding to someone other than the mother or father, the court
appointed guardian or custodian of the child;
(4) where the child's parents are divorced, the parent to whom the
divorce decree or modification awards physical custody or control
of the child; or
(5) if the child's parents are living apart, the parent to whom
physical custody or control of the child has been awarded by a
court order.
(b) The term does not include a natural or adopting parent who has
given written consent for the child to be adopted by another (if the
child has been adopted by another), nor does the term include a child's
parent who has lost custody of the child under subsection (a)(3), (a)(4),
or (a)(5).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.186-2025, SEC.176.