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 paternityis 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 thisarticle shall register with the putative father registry underIC 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 adoptionproceedings
    Sec. 2. (a) A man who fails to register with the putative fatherregistry as required by section 1 of this chapter waives the right tonotice of an adoption of a child who is the subject of the paternityaction:
        (1) if the adoption is filed before the man establishes paternity;and
        (2) in which the child's mother does not disclose to an attorneyor agency arranging the adoption the name or address of thechild's putative father.
    (b) A waiver under this section constitutes the man's irrevocablyimplied consent to the child's adoption.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.