Indiana Code - Family Law and Juvenile Law - Title 31, Section 31-19-9-15

When consent of putative father irrevocably implied; additional
circumstances

Sec. 15. (a) The putative father's consent to adoption of the child
is irrevocably implied without further court action if the father:
(1) fails to file a paternity action:
(A) under IC 31-14; or
(B) in a court located in another state that is competent to
obtain jurisdiction over the paternity action;
not more than thirty (30) days after receiving actual notice
under IC 31-19-3 of the mother's intent to proceed with an
adoptive placement of the child, regardless of whether the child
is born before or after the expiration of the thirty (30) day
period; or
(2) files a paternity action:
(A) under IC 31-14; or
(B) in a court located in another state that is competent to
obtain jurisdiction over the paternity action;
during the thirty (30) day period prescribed by subdivision (1)
and fails to establish paternity in the paternity proceeding under
IC 31-14 or the laws applicable to a court of another state when
the court obtains jurisdiction over the paternity action.
(b) This section does not prohibit a putative father who meets the
requirements of section 17(b) of this chapter from establishing
paternity of the child.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.200-1999,
SEC.21.

Last modified: May 24, 2006