Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1047
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 31-9-2-93; IC 31-19-22.
Synopsis: Release of adoption information. Permits the release of the
name and present address of the sibling of an adoptee if: (1) the
adoptee and the sibling are at least 21 years of age; and (2) the sibling
consents to the release of the sibling's name and present address.
Effective: July 1, 2004.
Herrell, Kruse
January 13, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2004)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1047
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
family law and juvenile law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 31-9-2-93; (04)IN1047.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 31-9-2-93 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004]: Sec. 93. "Preadoptive
sibling", for purposes of:
(1) IC 31-19-18;
(2) IC 31-19-16.5; and
(3) IC 31-19-22; and
(4) IC 31-19-25;
means a sibling of an adoptee who is born before the date that the
adoptee's adoption is finalized.
SOURCE: IC 31-19-22-2; (04)IN1047.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 31-19-22-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004]: Sec. 2.
(a) Except as
provided in subsection (b), the state registrar, the division of family
and children, a county office of family and children, a licensed child
placing agency, a professional health care provider (as defined in
IC 34-6-2-117), and a court shall release identifying information in the
entity's possession only if:
(1) the information is requested by a person described in
IC 31-19-18-2(a); and
(2) the following persons have submitted a written consent under
IC 31-19-21 (or IC 31-3-4-27 before its repeal) to the state
registrar that allows the release of identifying information to the
person requesting the information:
(A) The adult adoptee.
(B) A birth parent.
(b) The state registrar, the division of family and children, a
county office of family and children, a licensed child placing
agency, a professional health care provider (as defined in
IC 34-6-2-117), and a court shall release the name and present
location of an adoptee who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age
or a preadoptive sibling who is at least twenty-one (21) years of
age, if:
(1) the information is requested by an adoptee who is at least
twenty-one (21) years of age or a preadoptive sibling who is at
least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(2) an adoptee who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age or
a preadoptive sibling who is at least twenty-one (21) years of
age has authorized the release of the adoptee's or preadoptive
sibling's name and present location under section 2.1 of this
chapter.
SOURCE: IC 31-19-22-2.1; (04)IN1047.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 31-19-22-2.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004]:
Sec. 2.1. An adoptee who is at least
twenty-one (21) years of age or a preadoptive sibling who is at least
twenty-one (21) years of age may submit a written request to the
state registrar:
(1) stating an interest in being reunited with any preadoptive
siblings; and
(2) authorizing the state registrar to release the name and
present location of the person submitting the request to any
preadoptive siblings who make similar inquiries.