The registry's purpose is to determine the name and address of a father:(1) whose name and address have not been disclosed by the mother of the child, on or before the date the mother executes a consent to the child's adoption, to:(A) an attorney; or(B) an agency;that is arranging the adoption of the child; and(2) who may have conceived a child for whom a petition for adoption has been or may be filed;so that notice of the adoption may be provided to the putative father.[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.5-7(a).]As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.1-2010, SEC.121.
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