(a) A consent to adoption that does not name or otherwise identify a petitioner for adoption is valid if the consent to adoption contains a statement, by the person consenting to adoption, that the person consenting to adoption voluntarily executed the consent to adoption without disclosure of the name or other identification of the petitioner for adoption.(b) A petitioner may be substituted under IC 31-19-2-2 if:(1) the consent to adoption executed by a child's mother contains a statement, by the mother consenting to adoption, that the mother voluntarily agrees that a petitioner for the adoption may be substituted without additional consent from the mother; or(2) the mother executes a written consent to the substitution of a petitioner for the adoption.The mother's consent under this subsection is not conditional regardless of whether the mother consents or does not consent to the substitution of petitioners under this subsection.[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-6(e).]As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.146-2007, SEC.10.
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