(a) Subject to subsection (b), upon written request by:(1) a putative father;(2) a mother;(3) a child;(4) any party or attorney of record in a pending adoption;(5) an attorney who represents:(A) prospective adoptive parents;(B) petitioners in an adoption;(C) a mother;(D) a putative father; or(E) a licensed child placing agency;(6) a licensed child placing agency that represents:(A) prospective adoptive parents;(B) petitioners in an adoption;(C) a mother; or(D) a putative father; or(7) a court that presides over a pending adoption;the state department shall furnish a certified copy of a putative father's registration form and a copy of any notice of a filing of a petition to establish paternity prepared under IC 31-14-9-0.5.(b) The state department may release the certified copy of the registration form to a person under subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3) only if the information contained in the registration form names the requesting person.(c) A person listed under subsection (a), who requests information about a registration from the state department, must do the following:(1) Submit the request in writing.(2) Under the penalties of perjury, state that the requesting ion (a), who requests information about a registration from the state department, must do the following:(1) Submit the request in writing.(2) Under the penalties of perjury, state that the requesting person is entitled to receive the information under this chapter.(3) Submit the request in a manner described by section 20(1) or 20(2) of this chapter.[Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: 31-3-1.5-18(b); 31-3-1.5-19.]As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.58-2009, SEC.18; P.L.56-2023, SEC.277.
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