Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings

Sec. 2. (a) A man who fails to register with the putative father registry as required by section 1 of this chapter waives the right to notice of an adoption of a child who is the subject of the paternity action: (1) if the adoption is filed before the man establishes paternity; and (2) in which the child's mother does not disclose to an attorney or agency arranging the adoption the name or address of the child's putative father. (b) A waiver under this section constitutes the man's irrevocably implied consent to the child's adoption. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-6.1-2(e).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.