Citations Affected: IC 35-46-1-22.
Synopsis: Unlawful facilitation of adoption services. Makes the
provision, engagement, or facilitation of adoption services by persons
other than those specified a Class A misdemeanor.
Effective: July 1, 2007.
January 8, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
family law and juvenile law.
child and the appropriateness in placing the child for
adoption.
(8) Postplacement monitoring of a child before the child is
adopted.
(b) As used in this section, "adoption services" does not include
the following:
(1) Legal services provided by an attorney licensed in Indiana.
(2) Adoption related services provided by a governmental
entity or a person appointed to perform an investigation by
the court.
(3) General education and training on adoption issues.
(4) Postadoption services, including supportive services to
families to promote the well being of members of adoptive
families or birth families.
(c) This section does not apply to the following persons:
(1) The department of child services, an agency or person
authorized to act on behalf of the department of child
services, or a similar agency in another state.
(2) The division of family resources, an agency or person
authorized to act on behalf of the division of family resources,
or a similar agency in another state.
(3) A county office of family and children in Indiana or a
similar county office in another state.
(4) A child placing agency licensed under the laws of Indiana
or another state.
(5) An attorney licensed to practice law in Indiana or another
state.
(6) A prospective biological parent or adoptive parent acting
on the individual's own behalf.
(d) A person who knowingly or intentionally provides, engages
in, or facilitates adoption services to a birth parent or prospective
adoptive parent who resides in Indiana commits unauthorized
adoption facilitation, a Class A misdemeanor.