Sec. 9. A court shall determine that consent to adoption is not required from a parent if the:
(1) parent is convicted of and incarcerated at the time of the filing of a petition for adoption for:
(A) murder (IC 35-42-1-1);
(B) causing suicide (IC 35-42-1-2); or
(C) voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3);
(2) victim of the crime is the child's other parent; and
(3) court determines, after notice to the convicted parent and a hearing, that dispensing with the parent's consent to adoption is in the child's best interests.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-6(l).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.142-2020, SEC.36.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 19. Family Law: Adoption
Chapter 9. Consent to Adoption
31-19-9-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law
31-19-9-2. Execution of Consent; Timing; Restrictions
31-19-9-6. Information and Forms Provided to Birth Parents
31-19-9-7. Contact Preference Forms
31-19-9-9. Parent's Crime Against Child's Other Parent; Effect on Consent Requirement
31-19-9-10. Parent's Crime Against Child or Child's Sibling; Effect on Consent Requirement
31-19-9-12. When Consent of Putative Father Irrevocably Implied
31-19-9-13. Challenge of Adoption or Validity of Implied Consent by Putative Father; When Precluded
31-19-9-14. Establishment of Paternity by Putative Father; When Precluded
31-19-9-15. When Consent of Putative Father Irrevocably Implied; Additional Circumstances
31-19-9-17. Establishment of Paternity by Putative Father; Restrictions
31-19-9-18. When Implied Consent to Adoption Irrevocable
31-19-9-19. Implied Consent to Adoption Bar to Adoption Challenge