IC 31-9-2-3 : "Adoption"

Sec. 3. "Adoption", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-25.5, means the judicial act of creating the relationship of parent and child where the relationship did not exist previously.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-4-2.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.191-2011, SEC.2.