Parent's crime against child's other parent; effect on consent
requirement
Sec. 9. A court shall determine that consent to adoption is not
required from a parent if the:
(1) parent is convicted of and incarcerated at the time of the
filing of a petition for adoption for:
(A) murder (IC 35-42-1-1);
(B) causing suicide (IC 35-42-1-2);
(C) voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3);
(D) an attempt under IC 35-41-5-1 to commit a crime
described in clauses (A) through (C); or
(E) a crime in another state that is substantially similar to a
crime described in clauses (A) through (D);
(2) victim of the crime is the child's other parent; and
(3) court determines, after notice to the convicted parent and a
hearing, that dispensing with the parent's consent to adoption is
in the child's best interests.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Last modified: May 24, 2006