§ 31-14-21-1 Applicability of IC 31-14-21-1 through IC 31-14-21-7
§ 31-14-21-2 Nonapplicability of IC 31-14-21-1 through IC 31-14-21-7
§ 31-14-21-3 Putative father’s notice of paternity action; notice to attorney or agency in adoption proceedings
§ 31-14-21-4 Putative father’s notice of paternity action; notice to clerk having jurisdiction over adoption
§ 31-14-21-5 Content of notice
§ 31-14-21-6 Failure to provide notice; intervention by adoptive parents
§ 31-14-21-7 Failure to provide notice; vacation of paternity determination; intervention by adoptive parents
§ 31-14-21-8 Intervention by adoptive parents; purposes of intervention; objections to errors in paternity proceedings
§ 31-14-21-9 Duty of court with jurisdiction to establish paternity within period prescribed by chapter
§ 31-14-21-9.1 Duty of court to order blood or genetic testing
§ 31-14-21-9.2 Final hearing to determine paternity and ruling
§ 31-14-21-13 Stay proceedings in paternity action
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 14 > Chapter 21 - Requirements When Adoption Pending for Child Who Is Subject of Paternity Action

  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.