Title 31, FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), IC 31-19-4 applies to notice given to a putative father and IC 31-19-4.5 applies to notice given to other persons. (b) If a petition for adoption alleges the consent of a putative father or a parent to the adoption has not been ob…

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, notice must be given to: (1) a person whose consent to adoption is required under IC 31-19-9-1; (2) a putative father who is entitled to notice under IC 31-19-4; (3) a grandparent described in IC 31-19-4.5-1(3) of a chi…

Sec. 4. Notice of the pendency of the adoption proceedings does not have to be given to: (1) a person whose consent to adoption has been filed with the court; (2) a person whose consent to adoption is not required by: (A) IC 31-19-9-8(a)(4)(A); (B) IC 31-19-9-8(a)(4)(D); (C) IC 3…

Sec. 5. A notice served in accordance with IC 31-19-4 or IC 31-19-4.5 is valid regardless of whether the notice is served within or outside Indiana. As added by P.L.146-2007, SEC.3.

Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), notice may be given to an individual under IC 31-19-4-1, IC 31-19-4-2, IC 31-19-4.5-2, IC 31-19-5-4, IC 31-19-5-7, or IC 31-35-1.5 by: (1) sending a copy of the notice to: (A) the individual's residence; (B) the individua…

Sec. 1. Before July 1, 2018, this chapter applies to all adoptions that are filed after December 31, 1993. Beginning July 1, 2018, this chapter applies to all adoptions, regardless of the date the adoption was filed. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-1.] As added by P.L…

Sec. 11. The state registrar shall provide for the storage and indexing of requests and contact preference forms under this chapter. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-6 part.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.3-2016, SEC.21.

Sec. 12. The state registrar may contact an individual who submits a request form or contact preference form that is incorrectly or incompletely executed to inform the individual regarding the error in the execution of the form. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-7.] As …

Sec. 13. (a) The following persons may charge a reasonable fee for actual expenses incurred in complying with this chapter: (1) A licensed child placing agency. (2) The court. (3) The department. (4) A local office. (5) A professional health care provider. (6) The Indiana departm…

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. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject to this chapter, an individual who is providing care and supervision of a child as: (1) a foster parent; (2) a long term foster parent; or (3) an unlicensed kinship caregiver; at the time the child is the subject of a c…

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a court may grant or deny a petition filed under this chapter with or without a hearing on the petition. (b) This subsection applies to a child in need of services proceeding. If the petitioner to intervene under this chapt…

Sec. 3. (a) A court shall grant a petition to intervene filed under this chapter if the court determines that intervention by the petitioner is in the best interests of the child. (b) A court shall grant a petition filed under this chapter requesting intervention in a child in ne…

Sec. 1. (a) An emergency medical services provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1) shall, without a court order, take custody of a child who is, or who appears to be, not more than sixty (60) days of age if except as provided in subsection (h), the child is voluntarily left: (1) wi…

Sec. 2. (a) Immediately after an emergency medical services provider takes custody of a safe haven infant under section 1 of this chapter, the provider shall notify either: (1) the department of child services; or (2) a licensed child placing agency; that the provider has taken c…

Sec. 3. A safe haven infant for whom: (1) the department of child services; or (2) a licensed child placing agency; assumes care, control, and custody under section 2 of this chapter shall be treated as a child taken into custody without a court order, except that efforts to loca…

Sec. 4. If notified under section 2 of this chapter, whenever a safe haven infant is taken into custody without a court order under this chapter, the attorney for the department of child services shall, without unnecessary delay, do the following: (1) Request the juvenile court t…

Sec. 5. If a licensed child placing agency assumes custody of a safe haven infant under section 2 of this chapter, the licensed child placing agency shall do the following: (1) Without unnecessary delay, place the safe haven infant in a preapproved adoptive home with a prospectiv…

Sec. 6. Unless prohibited by federal law, a safe haven infant in the custody of the department of child services or a licensed child placing agency under this chapter is presumed eligible for Medicaid until a court grants a petition for adoption of the safe haven infant. As added…

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.

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "administrative hearing officer" refers to an individual who presides over an administrative hearing. The term includes an administrative law judge assigned by the office of administrative law proceedings established by IC 4-15-10.5-7. As added …

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "child care provider" means a person who: (1) provides child care (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-54) regardless of whether the person is required to be licensed or registered under IC 12-17.2; or (2) is a child caring institution, a foster family …

Sec. 10. The department shall administer the index in a manner that enables the department to do the following: (1) Immediately identify and locate prior reports of child abuse or neglect through the use of the department's: (A) computerized tracking system; and (B) automated ris…