Indiana § 31-19-5-21 - Request for certified copy of registration or for information; request for copy of notice of filing of petition to establish paternity; persons qualified to apply

§ 31-19-5-21. Request for certified copy of registration or for information; request for copy of notice of filing of petition to establish paternity; persons qualified to apply

Sec. 21. (a) Subject to subsection (b), upon written request by:

(1) a putative father;

(2) a mother;

(3) a child;

(4) any party or attorney of record in a pending adoption;

(5) an attorney who represents:

(A) prospective adoptive parents;

(B) petitioners in an adoption;

(C) a mother;

(D) a putative father; or

(E) a licensed child placing agency;

(6) a licensed child placing agency that represents:

(A) prospective adoptive parents;

(B) petitioners in an adoption;

(C) a mother; or

(D) a putative father; or

(7) a court that presides over a pending adoption;

the state department shall furnish a certified copy of a putative father's registration form and a copy of any notice of a filing of a petition to establish paternity prepared under IC 31-14-9-0.5.

(b) The state department may release the certified copy of the registration form to a person under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3) only if the information contained in the registration form names the requesting person.

(c) A person listed under subsection (a), who requests information about a registration from the state department, must do the following:

(1) Submit the request in writing.

(2) Under the penalties of perjury, state that the requesting person is entitled to receive the information under this chapter.

(3) Submit the request in a manner described by section 20(1) or 20(2) of this chapter.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: 31-3-1.5-18(b); 31-3-1.5-19.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.58-2009, SEC.18; P.L.56-2023, SEC.277.