Internet posting of nonidentifying information
Sec. 7.3. (a) This section applies after:
(1) a court authorizes the filing of a petition to terminate the
parent-child relationship; or
(2) a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship is filed;
in relation to a child in need of services.
(b) The division shall post the following nonidentifying
information on the Internet to facilitate a potential adoptive
placement of the child:
(1) The child's age, gender, and summary of the child's
educational, social, and medical background, including known
disabilities.
(2) The reason the child was removed from the child's home.
(3) Whether a person has expressed an interest in adopting the
child.
(4) The name, address, and telephone number of a contact
person from the appropriate:
(A) county office of family and children; or
(B) licensed child placing agency;
where a person who may be interested in adopting the child may
obtain further information about adopting the child.
(5) Whether a petition to terminate the rights of the child's
parents has been authorized or filed, and whether the rights of
the child's parents have been terminated.
(6) An address and telephone number of the appropriate:
(A) county office of family and children; or
(B) licensed child placing agency;
where a person who may be interested in adopting the child may
obtain further information about adopting the child.
(c) The information posted under subsection (a) may not identify
the name of any of the following persons:
(1) The child.
(2) The child's biological or adoptive parents.
(3) A sibling of the child.
(4) A caretaker of the child.
(d) The division shall update any relevant information under this
section after either of the following:
(1) Each of the child's periodic reviews that occur after the
information under this section is required to be posted.
(2) The rights of the child's parents have been terminated.
(e) The division shall remove the information required under
subsections (b) and (c) from the Internet whenever the child is
reunited with the child's family or an adoption of the child is filed
under IC 31-19-2.
(f) Upon request, a county office of family and children shall
inform the person making the request of the address of the Internet
Web site containing the information described in this section.
As added by P.L.35-1998, SEC.17.
Last modified: May 24, 2006