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31-19-17-3. Exclusion of information identifying birth parent; release of records concerning child to adoptive parents and adoptee

IN Code § 31-19-17-3 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 3. The person, licensed child placing agency, or local office shall:

(1) exclude information that would identify the birth parents unless the prospective adoptive parent or the adoptive parent under subdivision (2)(A) or an adoptee under subdivision (2)(B) who requests the information knows the identity of the birth parents; and

(2) release all available social, medical, psychological, and educational records concerning the child to:

(A) the prospective adoptive parent or the adoptive parent; and

(B) upon request, an adoptee who:

(i) is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and

(ii) provides proof of identification.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4-31(c).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.197-1997, SEC.23; P.L.100-2005, SEC.3; P.L.1-2006, SEC.497; P.L.58-2009, SEC.26; P.L.131-2009, SEC.23; P.L.1-2010, SEC.124; P.L.162-2011, SEC.18; P.L.128-2012, SEC.60.

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