Indiana Code - Family Law and Juvenile Law - Title 31, Section 31-19-4-3

Notice to putative father not registered with putative father
registry; name or address undisclosed by mother; child conceived
outside Indiana

Sec. 3. (a) If:
(1) the mother of a child:
(A) informs an attorney or agency arranging the child's
adoption, on or before the date the child's mother executes
a consent to the child's adoption, that the child was
conceived outside Indiana; and

(B) does not disclose to the attorney or agency the name or
address, or both, of the putative father of the child; and
(2) the putative father of the child has:
(A) failed or refused to consent to the adoption of the child
or has not had the parent-child relationship terminated under
IC 31-35 (or IC 31-6-5 before its repeal); and
(B) not registered with the putative father registry under
IC 31-19-5 within the period under IC 31-19-5-12;
the attorney or agency shall serve notice of the adoption proceedings
on the putative father by publication under Rule 4.13 of the Indiana
Rules of Trial Procedure.
(b) The only circumstance under which notice to the putative
father must be given by publication under Rule 4.13 of the Indiana
Rules of Trial Procedure is when the child was conceived outside of
Indiana as described in subsection (a).

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

Last modified: May 24, 2006