Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to any person, resident or nonresident, who has filed an application in any court as provided in this chapter.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the applicant shall give notice of the application by one (1) insertion in a qualified newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the county where the application is filed.
(c) If no newspaper is published in the county where the application is filed, the applicant shall give notice in the closest newspaper printed and published in an adjoining county.
(d) The notice must be in the following form:
Birth Certificate
Notice is given that ____________ has filed a petition in the _______ Court of _________ County, Indiana, to have the time and place of his (her) birth determined. This petition is set for hearing on the ________ day of _______, _______.
____________________________
Clerk of the _______ Court.
(e) The notice shall be published at a cost not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), and if the applicant cannot publish the notice for that amount, notice shall be given by posting the notice at a door of the courthouse. The clerk of the court shall post the notice and file proof of its posting.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-3-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.24.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Article 28. Special Proceedings: Miscellaneous Civil Proceedings and Remedies
Chapter 1. Birth: Establishing Public Record of Time and Place
34-28-1-1. Application of Resident; Procedure
34-28-1-2. Application of Nonresident; Procedure
34-28-1-3. Clerk of Court to Provide Forms for Petition
34-28-1-4. Publication of Notice of Application; Form
34-28-1-5. Hearing and Determination on Application
34-28-1-6. Jurisdictional Requirements; Supporting Testimony of Two Freeholders
34-28-1-7. Appearance of Applicant; Conduct of Hearing; Finality of Determination; Rehearing
34-28-1-8. Copy of Court Decree as Evidence
34-28-1-9. Index Record; Copy of Judgment and Decree to Vital Records Division
34-28-1-11. Dismissal of Application for Want of Prosecution