(a) The:(1) department's attorney; or(2) licensed child placing agency;shall sign and file a verified petition for the termination of the parent-child relationship not more than fifteen (15) days after taking custody of a safe haven infant.(b) The petition must:(1) be entitled 'In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of ____________, a Safe Haven Infant'; and(2) allege that the:(A) child was left in a newborn safety device or by a parent with an emergency medical services provider; and(B) termination of the parent-child relationship is:(i) in the child's best interest; and(ii) in furtherance of an adoption.(c) At the time the verified petition described in subsection (a) is filed:(1) the department's attorney shall also file a permanency plan for the safe haven infant; or(2) the licensed child placing agency shall also file a recommendation in support of the prospective adoptive parent with whom the safe haven infant is placed.As added by P.L.45-2023, SEC.13.
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