Section 31-14-20-2 - Failure to register; effect on parental rights in adoption proceedings(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.