Jurisdiction

Ind. Code § 31-19-28-4, under Adoption Decrees in Foreign Jurisdictions.

Ind. Code § 31-19-28-4

Sec. 4. The court where an adoption proceeding is pending has jurisdiction over a person if the person's consent to the adoption taken outside Indiana includes a provision that the person giving the consent to adoption submits to the jurisdiction of the Indiana courts. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-10(d).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.