Indiana § 31-14-20-2 - Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings
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§ 31-14-20-2. Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings
Sec. 2. (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).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.
IC 31-14-21Chapter 21. Requirements When Adoption Pending for Child Who Is Subject of Paternity Action
31-14-21-1Applicability of IC 31-14-21-1 through IC 31-14-21-7 31-14-21-2Nonapplicability of IC 31-14-21-1 through IC 31-14-21-7 31-14-21-3Putative father's notice of paternity action; notice to attorney or agency in adoption proceedings 31-14-21-4Putative father's notice of paternity action; notice to clerk having jurisdiction over adoption 31-14-21-5Content of notice 31-14-21-6Failure to provide notice; intervention by adoptive parents 31-14-21-7Failure to provide notice; vacation of paternity determination; intervention by adoptive parents 31-14-21-8Intervention by adoptive parents; purposes of intervention; objections to errors in paternity proceedings 31-14-21-9Duty of court with jurisdiction to establish paternity within period prescribed by chapter 31-14-21-9.1Duty of court to order blood or genetic testing 31-14-21-9.2Final hearing to determine paternity and ruling 31-14-21-10Repealed 31-14-21-11Repealed 31-14-21-12Repealed 31-14-21-13Stay proceedings in paternity action
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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