IC 31-19-16-9 — Privileges without court approval

Bills amending this section

• SB 1712026Signed into laweffective Upon passage

  Family and children matters.

Section text

Sec. 9. Postadoption contact privileges are permissible without court approval in an adoption of a child who is less than twelve (12) months of age upon the agreement of the adoptive parents and a birth parent. However, postadoption contact privileges under this section may not include visitation. A postadoption contact agreement under this section: (1) is not enforceable; (2) may include contact through photographs, written and verbal updates, and other forms of communication; (3) does not have to be in writing; and (4) does not affect the: (A) validity of a: (i) consent to an adoption; or (ii) waiver of notice; or (B) finality of the adoption.

As added by P.L.196-1997, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-1998, SEC.76; P.L.113-2017, SEC.13; P.L.116-2026, SEC.4.

Source: official publisher (2026 edition)