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.