Indiana Statutes
§ 35-46-1-9.5 — Adoption deception
Indiana § 35-46-1-9.5
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Ind. Code § 35-46-1-9.5 (2026).
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5. A person who is a birth mother, or a woman who holds herself out to be a birth mother, and who knowingly or intentionally benefits from adoption related expenses paid:
(1)when the person knows or should have known that the person
is not pregnant;
(2)by or on behalf of a prospective adoptive parent who is
unaware that at the same time another prospective adoptive parent
is also paying adoption related expenses described under section
9(d) of this chapter in an effort to adopt the same child; or
(3)when the person does not intend to make an adoptive
placement;
commits adoption deception, a Level 6 felony. In addition to any other
penalty imposed under this section, a court may order the person who
commits adoption deception to make restitution to a prospective
adoptive parent, attorney
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Legislative History
As added by P.L.200-1999, SEC.33. Amended by P.L.61-2003,
SEC.21; P.L.146-2007, SEC.19; P.L.113-2017, SEC.16.
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