Sec. 21. (a) An attorney may release identifying information under this chapter only if the client that the attorney represented in the adoption has submitted a written consent to the release of the identifying information to the individual requesting the identifying information.
(b) If a client described under subsection (a) is deceased or otherwise unavailable, the identifying information in the attorney's possession may be released only under a court order issued in a proceeding under IC 31-19-24.
As added by P.L.191-2011, SEC.54.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 19. Family Law: Adoption
31-19-25-1. Application of Chapter
31-19-25-2. Requirements for Release of Identifying Information
31-19-25-2.5. Release Prohibited; Request Information; Affidavit
31-19-25-3. Contact Preference Form; Filing; Duration; Withdrawal; Effect of Consent
31-19-25-3.5. Sending Copy of Contact Preference Form to State Registrar
31-19-25-4.6. Contact Preference Form; Contents; Identification; Duration; Changing Preference
31-19-25-11. Storage and Indexing of Requests and Contact Preference Forms
31-19-25-12. Errors in Execution of Forms
31-19-25-15. Consent Not Required
31-19-25-16. Search of Death Certificates
31-19-25-17. Deceased Adoptee or Birth Parent; Release of Identifying Information
31-19-25-18. Request to Contact Adoptee
31-19-25-18.5. Contact and Disclosure Prohibited
31-19-25-19. Contact; Disclosure of Identifying Information; Written Consent
31-19-25-20. Fee for Services; Fee for Actual Expenses
31-19-25-21. Client Consent Required for Release of Identifying Information by Attorney; Court Order