Indiana Code 31-19-16-9. Privileges without court approval
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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:
(2) may include contact through photographs, written and verbal updates, and other forms of communication;
(1) is not enforceable;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-19-16-9
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(3) does not have to be in writing; and
(4) does not affect the:
(A) validity of a:
(i) consent to an adoption; or
(ii) waiver of notice; or
(B) finality of the adoption.
As added by P.L.196-1997, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.2-1998, SEC.76; P.L.113-2017, SEC.13.