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2019 Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 14. Family Law: Establishment of Paternity
Chapter 20. Registration With Putative Father Registry
31-14-20-2. Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings
Universal Citation: IN Code § 31-14-20-2 (2019)
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.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-6.1-2(e).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.
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