IC 31-19-14
    Chapter 14. Limitations on Direct or Collateral Attacks orAppeals of Adoption Decrees

IC 31-19-14-1
Expedited appeal proceedings
    Sec. 1. An appeal of an adoption decree shall be decided on anexpedited basis.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-14-2
Time for challenge to adoption decree
    Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, if a personwhose parental rights are terminated by the entry of an adoptiondecree challenges the adoption decree not more than the later of:
        (1) six (6) months after the entry of an adoption decree; or
        (2) one (1) year after the adoptive parents obtain custody of thechild;
the court shall sustain the adoption decree unless the personchallenging the adoption decree establishes, by clear and convincingevidence, that modifying or setting aside the adoption decree is in thechild's best interests.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-14-3
Time for withdrawal of consent to adoption, contest or challengeto adoption, or establishment of paternity
    Sec. 3. (a) A person who consents to an adoption may notwithdraw the consent to adoption after the entry of the adoptiondecree under IC 31-19-10-4.
    (b) A person who is served with notice of an adoption underIC 31-19-4 may not:
        (1) contest the adoption; or
        (2) establish paternity;
more than thirty (30) days after the date of service of notice of theadoption.
    (c) A person who receives actual notice of an adoption underIC 31-19-3 may not:
        (1) contest the adoption; or
        (2) establish paternity;
more than thirty (30) days after the date of receiving actual notice ofthe adoption.
    (d) A person who is prohibited from taking action by subsection(a), (b), or (c) may not challenge an adoption decree.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-14-4
Expiration of time to challenge; appeal for lack of notice ordefective proceedings barred
    Sec. 4. After the expiration of the period described in section 2 of

this chapter, a person whose parental rights are terminated by theentry of an adoption decree may not challenge the adoption decreeeven if:
        (1) notice of the adoption was not given to the child's putativefather; or
        (2) the adoption proceedings were in any other mannerdefective.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.