(b) If the petitioner for adoption is married to the:(1) biological; or(2) adoptive;father or mother of the child, joinder by the father or mother is not necessary if an acknowledged consent to adoption of the biological or adoptive parent is filed with the petition for adoption.[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-1(c).]As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
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