Sec. 3. The registry's purpose is to determine the name and address of a father:
(1) whose name and address have not been disclosed by the mother of the child, on or before the date the mother executes a consent to the child's adoption, to:
(A) an attorney; or
(B) an agency;
that is arranging the adoption of the child; and
(2) who may have conceived a child for whom a petition for adoption has been or may be filed;
so that notice of the adoption may be provided to the putative father.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-7(a).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.1-2010, SEC.121.
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