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

IN Code § 31-19-5-6 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 6. (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.

[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.