Indiana Code
Chapter 5. Putative Father Registry
31-19-5-21. Request for Certified Copy of Registration or for Information; Request for Copy of Notice of Filing of Petition to Establish Paternity; Persons Qualified to Apply

Sec. 21. (a) Subject to subsection (b), upon written request by:
(1) a putative father;
(2) a mother;
(3) a child;
(4) any party or attorney of record in a pending adoption;
(5) an attorney who represents:
(A) prospective adoptive parents;
(B) petitioners in an adoption;
(C) a mother;
(D) a putative father; or
(E) a licensed child placing agency;
(6) a licensed child placing agency that represents:
(A) prospective adoptive parents;
(B) petitioners in an adoption;
(C) a mother; or
(D) a putative father; or
(7) a court that presides over a pending adoption;
the state department of health shall furnish a certified copy of a putative father's registration form and a copy of any notice of a filing of a petition to establish paternity prepared under IC 31-14-9-0.5.
(b) The state department may release the certified copy of the registration form to a person under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3) only if the information contained in the registration form names the requesting person.
(c) A person listed under subsection (a), who requests information about a registration from the state department, must do the following:
(1) Submit the request in writing.
(2) Under the penalties of perjury, state that the requesting person is entitled to receive the information under this chapter.
(3) Submit the request in a manner described by section 20(1) or 20(2) of this chapter.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: 31-3-1.5-18(b); 31-3-1.5-19.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.58-2009, SEC.18.

Structure Indiana Code

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

31-19-5-10. Registration Form

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

31-19-5-16. Affidavit of Registry Search; Copy of Notice of Filing of Petition to Establish Paternity

31-19-5-17. Departmental Responsibilities Upon Request for Registry Search

31-19-5-18. Waiver of Notice Rights of Unregistered Putative Fathers; Irrevocably Implied Consent to Adoption

31-19-5-19. Revocation of Registration

31-19-5-20. Methods of Submitting Registration

31-19-5-21. Request for Certified Copy of Registration or for Information; Request for Copy of Notice of Filing of Petition to Establish Paternity; Persons Qualified to Apply

31-19-5-22. Timeliness of Responses to Requests; Fees

31-19-5-23. Confidentiality of Registry Information

31-19-5-24. Registering False Information

31-19-5-25. Release or Request for Confidential Information