IC 31-14-20-2 — Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings
Chapter 20. Registration With Putative Father Registry
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Section text
Sec. 2. (a) A man who fails to register with the putative father registry as required by section 1 of this chapter waives the right to notice of an adoption of a child who is the subject of the paternity action: (1) if the adoption is filed before the man establishes paternity; and (2) in which the child's mother does not disclose to an attorney or agency arranging the adoption the name or address of the child's putative father. (b) A waiver under this section constitutes the man's irrevocably implied consent to the child's adoption.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.
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