IC 31-9-2-10 : "Birth parent"

Sec. 10. "Birth parent", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-25.5, means:

(1) the woman who is legally presumed under Indiana law to be the mother of biological origin of an adoptee;

(2) the man who is legally presumed under Indiana law to be the father of biological origin of an adoptee; or

(3) a man who establishes paternity of a child born out of wedlock:

(A) in a court proceeding; or

(B) by executing a paternity affidavit under IC 16-37-2-2.1.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4-5.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.197-1997, SEC.1; P.L.191-2011, SEC.5.