2012 Indiana Code
TITLE 31. FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW
ARTICLE 14. FAMILY LAW: ESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY
CHAPTER 20. REGISTRATION WITH PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY
IC 31-14-20Chapter 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.
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