CHAPTER 20. REGISTRATION WITH PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY

IC 31-14-20

    

Chapter 20. Registration With Putative Father Registry

IC 31-14-20-1

Duty to register

    

Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to a man whose paternity
is established under this article (or IC 31-6-6.1 before its repeal)
before the filing of a petition to adopt the man's child.

    (b) A man who files or is a party to a paternity action under this
article shall register with the putative father registry under
IC 31-19-5 within the period provided under IC 31-19-5-12.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.

IC 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.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.