Sec. 7. (a) The court may:
(1) send all notices of the filing of a motion to contest an adoption;
(2) conduct bifurcated hearings under this chapter; and
(3) issue an order protecting the anonymity of a petitioner for adoption.
(b) An order issued under subsection (a)(3) may include an order directed to an attorney who represents a party:
(1) contesting an adoption; or
(2) seeking to withdraw a consent to adoption.
An order under subdivision (1) or (2) may order the attorney not to disclose information that identifies or may tend to identify a petitioner for adoption.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-6.3(d).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.61-2003, SEC.20.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 19. Family Law: Adoption
Chapter 10. Withdrawal of Consent to Adoption; Contest of Adoption
31-19-10-0.5. Standard of Proof
31-19-10-1.4. Basis for Resolving Contested Adoption
31-19-10-2. Notice of Intent to Withdraw Consent or to Contest Adoption
31-19-10-3. Withdrawal of Consent to Adoption
31-19-10-4. Limitation on Withdrawing Consent
31-19-10-4.5. Contesting an Adoption
31-19-10-5. Hearing to Contest Adoption
31-19-10-6. Determination of Contest of Adoption
31-19-10-7. Service of Notice of Adoption Contest; Protection of Privacy of Adoption Petitioner
31-19-10-8. Denial of Putative Father's Adoption Contest as Bar to Establishing Paternity