Sec. 14. (a) Each:
(1) clerk of a circuit court;
(2) branch office of the bureau of motor vehicles;
(3) hospital; and
(4) local health department;
shall post in a conspicuous place a notice that informs the public about the purpose and operation of the registry.
(b) The notice under subsection (a) must include information regarding the following:
(1) Where to obtain a registration form.
(2) Where to register.
(3) The circumstances under which a putative father is required to register.
(4) When under section 12 of this chapter a putative father is required to register to entitle the putative father to notice of an adoption.
(5) The consequences of not submitting a timely registration.
(c) Failure to post a proper notice under this section does not relieve a putative father of the obligation to register with the state department of health in accordance with this chapter to entitle the putative father to notice of the adoption of a child who may have been conceived by the putative father.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-13(b), (c).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 19. Family Law: Adoption
Chapter 5. Putative Father Registry
31-19-5-1. Application of Chapter
31-19-5-2. Establishment of Registry; Rules
31-19-5-3. Purpose of Registry
31-19-5-4. Notice Rights of Registered Persons
31-19-5-5. Necessity of Registration as Requisite to Notice Rights
31-19-5-6. Rights of Presumptive Fathers
31-19-5-7. Information Maintained in Registry; Father's Agent for Notice
31-19-5-8. Registry Data Access Points
31-19-5-9. Information Supplied
31-19-5-11. Verification; Amendment of Information
31-19-5-12. Time of Registration
31-19-5-13. Availability of Registration Forms
31-19-5-14. Public Notice of Purpose and Operation of Registry
31-19-5-15. Requests for Search of Registry by Persons Arranging Adoption
31-19-5-17. Departmental Responsibilities Upon Request for Registry Search
31-19-5-19. Revocation of Registration
31-19-5-20. Methods of Submitting Registration
31-19-5-22. Timeliness of Responses to Requests; Fees
31-19-5-23. Confidentiality of Registry Information