Request for certified copy of registration form or for information;
procedure; persons qualified to apply
Sec. 21. (a) Subject to subsection (b), upon written request by:
(1) a putative father;
(2) a mother;
(3) a child;
(4) any party or attorney of record in a pending adoption;
(5) an attorney who represents prospective adoptive parents or
petitioners in an adoption;
(6) a licensed child placing agency that represents prospective
adoptive parents or petitioners in an adoption; or
(7) a court that presides over a pending adoption;
the state department of health shall furnish a certified copy of a
putative father's registration form.
(b) The state department may release the certified copy of the
registration form to a person under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3)
only if the information contained in the registration form names the
requesting person.
(c) A person listed under subsection (a), who requests information
about a registration from the state department, must do the following:
(1) Submit the request in writing.
(2) Under the penalties of perjury, state that the requesting
person is entitled to receive the information under this chapter.
(3) Submit the request in a manner described by section 20(1)
or 20(2) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Last modified: May 24, 2006