Indiana § 31-19-5-6 - Rights of presumptive fathers
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 31-19-5-6 — Rights of presumptive fathers, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-19-5-6. Rights of presumptive fathers
Sec. 6. (a) This chapter does not relieve a man who is presumed to be a father under 31-14-7-2 from the obligation of registering in accordance with this chapter to be entitled to notice of an adoption of a child for whom the man may be the presumed father.
(b) The filing of a paternity action by a putative father does not relieve the putative father from the:
(1) obligation of registering; or
(2) consequences of failing to register;
in accordance with this chapter unless paternity has been established before the filing of the petition for adoption of the child.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-8(b).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.58-2009, SEC.12.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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