Ind. Code § 31-19-5-3
Purpose of registry
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 31 — Family Law and Juvenile Law · Status: effective
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- Ind. Code § 31-19-5-3, Purpose of registry, Indiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1669880
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Sec. 3. The registry's purpose is to determine the name and address of a father:
(1) whose name and address have not been disclosed by the mother of the child, on or before the date the mother executes a consent to the child's adoption, to:
(A) an attorney; or
(B) an agency;
that is arranging the adoption of the child; and
(2) who may have conceived a child for whom a petition for adoption has been or may be filed;
so that notice of the adoption may be provided to the putative father.