Section 31-19-5-21 - Request for certified copy of registration or for information; request for copy of notice of filing of petition to establish paternity; persons qualified to apply(a) Subject to subsection (b), upon written request by:(4) any party or attorney of record in a pending adoption;(5) an attorney who represents:(A) prospective adoptive parents;(B) petitioners in an adoption;(D) a putative father; or(E) a licensed child placing agency; (6) a licensed child placing agency that represents:(A) prospective adoptive parents;(B) petitioners in an adoption;(D) a putative father; or(7) a court that presides over a pending adoption; the state department shall furnish a certified copy of a putative father's registration form and a copy of any notice of a filing of a petition to establish paternity prepared under IC 31-14-9-0.5.
(b) The state department may release the certified copy of the registration form to a person under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3) only if the information contained in the registration form names the requesting person.(c) A person listed under subsection (a), who requests information about a registration from the state department, must do the following:(1) Submit the request in writing.(2) Under the penalties of perjury, state that the requesting person is entitled to receive the information under this chapter.(3) Submit the request in a manner described by section 20(1) or 20(2) of this chapter.Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: 31-3-1.5-18(b); 31-3-1.5-19.
Amended by P.L. 56-2023,SEC. 277, eff. 7/1/2023.As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L. 58-2009, SEC.18.