Ind. Code § 31-19-5-6

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-19-5-6 - Rights of presumptive fathers

(a) This chapter does not relieve a man who is presumed to be a father under 31-14-7-2 from the obligation of registering in accordance with this chapter to be entitled to notice of an adoption of a child for whom the man may be the presumed father.

(b) The filing of a paternity action by a putative father does not relieve the putative father from the:

(1) obligation of registering; or

(2) consequences of failing to register;

in accordance with this chapter unless paternity has been established before the filing of the petition for adoption of the child.

IC 31-19-5-6

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-8(b).

As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L. 58-2009, SEC.12.