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Chapter 16. Postadoption Visitation Privileges
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Postadoption contact privileges granted to birth parent
Sec. 1. At the time an adoption decree is entered, the court
Entering the adoption decree may grant postadoption contact
Privileges under section 2 of this chapter to a birth parent who has:
(1) consented to the adoption; or
(2) voluntarily terminated the parent-child relationship.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. As amended by P.L.196-1997
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Procedure
Sec. 2. A court may grant postadoption contact privileges if:
(1) the court determines that the best interests of the child
Would be served by granting postadoption contact privileges;
(2) the child is at least two (2) years of age and the court finds
That there is a significant emotional attachment between the
child and the birth parent;
(3) each adoptive parent consents to the granting of
Postadoption contact privileges;
(4) the adoptive parents and the birth parents:
(A) execute a postadoption contact agreement; and
(B) file the agreement with the court;
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Revocation of adoption decree barred as sanction for
Noncompliance with agreement
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Privileges without court approval
Sec. 9. Postadoption contact privileges are permissible without
Court approval in an adoption of a child who is less than two (2)
Years of age upon the agreement of the adoptive parents and a birth
Parent. However, postadoption contact privileges under this section
May not include visitation. A postadoption contact agreement under
This section:
(1) is not enforceable; and
(2) does not affect the finality of the adoption.
As added by P.L.196-1997, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-1998,
SEC.76.
