Publication of notice of application; form
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.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.24.
Last modified: May 24, 2006