Title 31, FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW

Sec. 15. Except as provided in section 21 of this chapter, the consent of an adoptee is not required for the release of identifying information under this chapter if the individual requesting the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter submits: (1) a de…

Sec. 16. If an individual submits a request for the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter, the state registrar shall search the death certificates in the state registrar's possession regarding: (1) a related adoptee: (A) who has not submitted a consen…

Sec. 17. (a) If, upon searching the death certificates under section 16 of this chapter, the state registrar finds that an adoptee or a birth parent is deceased, the state registrar shall: (1) inform the individual requesting the release of the identifying information under secti…

Sec. 18. An individual who submits a request for the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter may contact: (1) a local office; (2) a licensed child placing agency; or (3) the attorney who arranged the adoption; to request that the local office, the licen…

Sec. 18.5. An attorney, a licensed child placing agency, and a local office may not contact an adoptee, a birth parent, or an adoptive parent or disclose identifying information upon a request under section 18 of this chapter if the request involves an adoptee to whom both of the…

Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in section 18.5 of this chapter and subject to section 21 of this chapter, upon a request described under section 18 of this chapter, a local office, a licensed child placing agency, or an attorney that contacts an adoptee may not disclose identify…

Sec. 2. (a) The following may request the release of identifying information: (1) An adoptee who is an adult. (2) A birth parent. (3) An adoptive parent. (4) The spouse or relative of a deceased adoptee. (5) The spouse or relative of a deceased birth parent. (b) Except as otherwi…

Sec. 2.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if an individual requests the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter regarding an adoptee who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age, the state registrar, the department, a local office, a licensed…

Sec. 20. (a) A local office, a licensed child placing agency, or an attorney may charge a reasonable fee for services performed or actual expenses incurred under section 19 of this chapter. (b) The following persons may charge a reasonable fee for actual expenses incurred in comp…

Sec. 21. (a) An attorney may release identifying information under this chapter only if the client that the attorney represented in the adoption has submitted a written consent to the release of the identifying information to the individual requesting the identifying information.…

Sec. 3. (a) A birth parent may restrict access to identifying information concerning the birth parent by filing a contact preference form with the state registrar that evidences the birth parent's lack of consent to the release of identifying information under this chapter. (b) A…

Sec. 3.5. The following persons shall send a copy of a contact preference form received by the person from a birth parent to the state registrar: (1) The department. (2) A local office. (3) A licensed child placing agency. (4) A professional health care provider. (5) An attorney.…

Sec. 4.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a nonrelease form that: (1) indicates the birth parent's lack of consent to the release of identifying information; and (2) was submitted by a birth parent before July 1, 2018; remains in effect for the time indicated by the birth pare…

Sec. 4.6. (a) The state registrar shall prescribe a contact preference form for birth parents. The form must include the following: (1) A component in which a birth parent is to indicate one (1) of the following with regard to a person that requests identifying information: (A) T…

Sec. 4.8. (a) If a birth parent indicates that the birth parent prefers to be contacted through an intermediary as described in section 4.6(a)(1)(B) of this chapter, the state registrar shall: (1) attempt to make personal contact with the third party designated by the birth paren…

Sec. 1. Any of the following may sign and file a petition for the juvenile court to require a person to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a child or a member of a foster family home (as defined in IC 31-9-2.1-108): (1) The attorney for the department. (2) The guardian …

Sec. 2. A petition filed under section 1 of this chapter must be verified. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.35.

Sec. 3. A petition seeking to restrain a person from contact must be entitled "In the Matter of a No Contact Order for ___________". The petition must allege the following: (1) That the respondent is likely to have direct or indirect contact with the child in the absence of an or…

Sec. 4. (a) The court may hold a hearing on a petition concurrently with a dispositional hearing or with a hearing to modify a dispositional decree. (b) If the court finds that the allegations under section 3 of this chapter are true, the court shall enter a decree. As added by P…

Sec. 5. If a court enters a decree that requires a person to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a child, the clerk of the court shall comply with IC 5-2-9. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.35.

Sec. 1. Any of the following may sign and file a petition for the juvenile court to require a person to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a child: (1) The prosecuting attorney. (2) A probation officer. (3) The department of correction. (4) The guardian ad litem or cour…

Sec. 2. A petition filed under section 1 of this chapter must be verified. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.38.

Sec. 3. A petition seeking to restrain a person from contact must be entitled "In the Matter of a No Contact Order for ___________". The petition must allege the following: (1) That the respondent is likely to have direct or indirect contact with the child in the absence of an or…

Sec. 4. (a) The court may hold a hearing on a petition concurrently with a dispositional hearing or with a hearing to modify a dispositional decree. (b) If the court finds that the allegations under section 3 of this chapter are true, the court shall enter a decree. As added by P…

Sec. 5. If a court enters a decree that requires a person to refrain from direct or indirect contact with a child, the clerk of the court shall comply with IC 5-2-9. As added by P.L.133-2002, SEC.38.