Indiana § 31-19-5-17 - Departmental responsibilities upon request for registry search
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§ 31-19-5-17. Departmental responsibilities upon request for registry search
Sec. 17. 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.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.58-2009, SEC.17; P.L.56-2023, SEC.276.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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