2006 Indiana Code - CHAPTER 6. SEARCH OF PATERNITY RECORDS AND PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY

IC 31-19-6
     Chapter 6. Search of Paternity Records and Putative Father Registry

IC 31-19-6-1
Request for search of records pending adoption proceedings
    31-19-6-1 Sec. 1. An attorney or agency that arranges an adoption or may arrange an adoption may at any time request that the state department of health search the state department's records of paternity determinations to determine whether a man's paternity of a child has been established in relation to a child who is or may be the subject of an adoption.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-6-2
Response to search request
    31-19-6-2 Sec. 2. Not later than ten (10) days after receiving a request under section 1 of this chapter, the state department of health shall:
        (1) submit an affidavit to the attorney or agency verifying whether a record of a paternity determination has been filed under IC 31-14-9-2 concerning the child; and
        (2) search the putative father registry established by IC 31-19-5 and notify the attorney or agency, in compliance with IC 31-19-5-16 as to whether a putative father has registered concerning the child.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-6-3
Release of copy of paternity determination
    31-19-6-3 Sec. 3. If a record of a paternity determination has been filed concerning a child who is the subject of a request under section 1 of this chapter, the state department of health shall release a copy of the record of the paternity determination to the requesting attorney or agency.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.