Ind. Code § 31-19-9-9

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-19-9-9 - Parent's crime against child's other parent; effect on consent requirement

A court shall determine that consent to adoption is not required from a parent if the:

(1) parent is convicted of and incarcerated at the time of the filing of a petition for adoption for:

(A) murder (IC 35-42-1-1);

(B) causing suicide (IC 35-42-1-2); or

(C) voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3);

(2) victim of the crime is the child's other parent; and

(3) court determines, after notice to the convicted parent and a hearing, that dispensing with the parent's consent to adoption is in the child's best interests.

IC 31-19-9-9

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-6(l).

Amended by P.L. 142-2020,SEC. 36, eff. 7/1/2020.

As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.11.