Ind. Code § 31-19-6-1
Request for search of records pending adoption proceedings
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.58-2009, SEC.19; P.L.56-2023, SEC.279.
An attorney or agency that arranges an adoption or may arrange an adoption may at any time request that the Indiana department of health search the Indiana department of health's records of:
- (1) paternity determinations to determine whether a man's paternity of a child has been established in relation to a child who is or may be the subject of an adoption; and
(2) notices of filings of petitions to establish paternity.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-6.1-10.5(d).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.58-2009, SEC.19; P.L.56-2023, SEC.279.