Sec. 1. Before July 1, 2018, this chapter applies to all adoptions that are filed after December 31, 1993. Beginning July 1, 2018, this chapter applies to all adoptions, regardless of the date the adoption was filed. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-1.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.3-2016, SEC.13.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-5(j).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.191-2011, SEC.57.
Sec. 11. The state registrar shall provide for the storage and indexing of requests and contact preference forms under this chapter. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-6 part.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.3-2016, SEC.21.
Sec. 12. The state registrar may contact an individual who submits a request form or contact preference form that is incorrectly or incompletely executed to inform the individual regarding the error in the execution of the form. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-7.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.191-2011, SEC.46; P.L.3-2016, SEC.22.
Sec. 13. (a) The following persons may charge a reasonable fee for actual expenses incurred in complying with this chapter: (1) A licensed child placing agency. (2) The court. (3) The department. (4) A local office. (5) A professional health care provider. (6) The state department of health, except as provided in subsection (b). (b) […]
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-2.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.191-2011, SEC.57.
Sec. 15. Except as provided in section 21 of this chapter, the consent of an adoptee is not required for the release of identifying information under this chapter if the individual requesting the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter submits: (1) a death certificate; (2) an obituary; (3) records from the […]
Sec. 16. If an individual submits a request for the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter, the state registrar shall search the death certificates in the state registrar’s possession regarding: (1) a related adoptee: (A) who has not submitted a consent for the release of information under IC 31-19-21; and (B) […]
Sec. 17. (a) If, upon searching the death certificates under section 16 of this chapter, the state registrar finds that an adoptee or a birth parent is deceased, the state registrar shall: (1) inform the individual requesting the release of the identifying information under section 2 of this chapter of the death; and (2) release […]
Sec. 18. An individual who submits a request for the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter may contact: (1) a local office; (2) a licensed child placing agency; or (3) the attorney who arranged the adoption; to request that the local office, the licensed child placing agency, or the attorney contact […]
Sec. 18.5. An attorney, a licensed child placing agency, and a local office may not contact an adoptee, a birth parent, or an adoptive parent or disclose identifying information upon a request under section 18 of this chapter if the request involves an adoptee to whom both of the following apply: (1) The adoptee is […]
Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in section 18.5 of this chapter and subject to section 21 of this chapter, upon a request described under section 18 of this chapter, a local office, a licensed child placing agency, or an attorney that contacts an adoptee may not disclose identifying information unless the adoptee: (1) if […]
Sec. 2. (a) The following may request the release of identifying information: (1) An adoptee who is an adult. (2) A birth parent. (3) An adoptive parent. (4) The spouse or relative of a deceased adoptee. (5) The spouse or relative of a deceased birth parent. (b) Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, upon […]
Sec. 2.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if an individual requests the release of identifying information under section 2 of this chapter regarding an adoptee who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age, the state registrar, the department, a local office, a licensed child placing agency, a professional health care provider, an […]
Sec. 20. (a) A local office, a licensed child placing agency, or an attorney may charge a reasonable fee for services performed or actual expenses incurred under section 19 of this chapter. (b) The following persons may charge a reasonable fee for actual expenses incurred in complying with this chapter: (1) A licensed child placing […]
Sec. 21. (a) An attorney may release identifying information under this chapter only if the client that the attorney represented in the adoption has submitted a written consent to the release of the identifying information to the individual requesting the identifying information. (b) If a client described under subsection (a) is deceased or otherwise unavailable, […]
Sec. 3. (a) A birth parent may restrict access to identifying information concerning the birth parent by filing a contact preference form with the state registrar that evidences the birth parent’s lack of consent to the release of identifying information under this chapter. (b) A person who arranges for the signing of a consent to […]
Sec. 3.5. The following persons shall send a copy of a contact preference form received by the person from a birth parent to the state registrar: (1) The department. (2) A local office. (3) A licensed child placing agency. (4) A professional health care provider. (5) An attorney. (6) A court. As added by P.L.191-2011, […]
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4.5-4(b).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.191-2011, SEC.45. Repealed by P.L.3-2016, SEC.16.
Sec. 4.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a nonrelease form that: (1) indicates the birth parent’s lack of consent to the release of identifying information; and (2) was submitted by a birth parent before July 1, 2018; remains in effect for the time indicated by the birth parent on the nonrelease form. (b) Unless a […]
