Requests for search of registry by persons arranging adoption
Sec. 15. (a) An attorney or agency that arranges an adoption or
may arrange an adoption may at any time request that the state
department of health search the registry to determine whether a
putative father is registered in relation to a mother whose child is or
may be the subject of an adoption.
(b) Whenever a petition for adoption is filed, the attorney or
agency that arranges the adoption shall:
(1) request that the state department of health search the registry
under this section at least one (1) day after the expiration of the
period specified by section 12 of this chapter; and
(2) file an affidavit prepared by the state department of health
under section 16 of this chapter in response to a request under
subdivision (1) with the court presiding over the adoption under
this article.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Last modified: May 24, 2006