IN SB0140 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Passed on March 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-25 - Sections 10 through 11 effective 07/01/2010
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Passed on March 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-25 - Sections 10 through 11 effective 07/01/2010
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Provides that a man who is barred from establishing paternity under the adoption statutes is prohibited from establishing paternity by filing a paternity action as next friend of the child or requesting a prosecuting attorney to file a paternity action. Prohibits a person who has executed a written consent to the adoption of a child by a certain person from executing a second or subsequent written consent to the adoption of the child by another person, unless certain conditions apply. Removes a provision that allows a father who receives a notice of adoption after the birth of the child to contest the adoption by filing a paternity action. Removes provision under which the consent of a putative father to the adoption of a child is irrevocably implied if the putative father, after receiving a notice of adoption after the birth of the child, fails to file a paternity action. Provides that the putative father registry provisions do not apply if, on or before the date the child's mother executes a consent to the child's adoption, the child's mother discloses the name and address of the putative father to the attorney or agency that is arranging the child's adoption. Provides that a putative father's motion to contest an adoption must be filed in the court in which the adoption is pending. Prohibits a court from granting an adoption if a petitioner for adoption has been convicted of an attempt or conspiracy to commit certain felonies. Authorizes a child placing agency and an attorney to advertise certain adoption information only if licensed under Indiana law. Provides that the crime of unauthorized adoption facilitation does not apply to child placing agencies licensed under Indiana law or attorneys licensed to practice law in Indiana. (Current law provides that the crime of unauthorized adoption facilitation does not apply to child placing agencies licensed under any state's law or attorneys licensed to practice law in any state.) Provides that a court may not grant an adoption if the petitioner is a sexually violent predator. Provides that a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship involving a delinquent child or a child in need of services may include an allegation that the child has, on two separate occasions, been adjudicated a child in need of services.
Title
Adoption matters.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-03-25 | Sections 10 through 11 effective 07/01/2010 | |
| 2010-03-25 | Sections 1 through 9 effective 03/12/2010 | |
| 2010-03-25 | Public Law 21 | |
| 2010-03-12 | Signed by the Governor | |
| 2010-03-11 | Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| 2010-03-08 | Signed by the Speaker | |
| 2010-03-08 | Signed by the President Pro Tempore | |
| 2010-03-04 | Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 290: Yeas 92, Nays 0 | |
| 2010-03-04 | Rules suspended | |
| 2010-03-04 | Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 262: Yeas 48, Nays 0 | |
| 2010-03-03 | Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House | |
| 2010-03-01 | House advisors appointed: VanDenburgh, Culver and Pond | |
| 2010-03-01 | House conferees appointed: L. Lawson and Foley | |
| 2010-02-25 | Senate advisors appointed: Boots, Holdman and Taylor | |
| 2010-02-25 | Senate conferees appointed: Zakas and Broden | |
| 2010-02-25 | Representative Avery added as cosponsor | |
| 2010-02-25 | Senate dissented from House amendments | |
| 2010-02-25 | Returned to the Senate with amendments | |
| 2010-02-25 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: Yeas 97, Nays 0 | |
| 2010-02-23 | Amendment 4 (Foley), failed; Voice Vote | |
| 2010-02-23 | Amendment 5 (Avery), prevailed; Voice Vote | |
| 2010-02-23 | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed | |
| 2010-02-16 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted | |
| 2010-02-08 | First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 2010-02-02 | Senators Steele, Bray, Miller, Gard, Holdman, Becker and Yoder added as coauthors | |
| 2010-02-02 | Cosponsors: Reps. VanDenburgh and Foley | |
| 2010-02-02 | House sponsor: Rep. L. Lawson | |
| 2010-02-02 | Referred to the House | |
| 2010-02-02 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 103: Yeas 49 and Nays 1 | |
| 2010-02-01 | Second reading: ordered engrossed | |
| 2010-01-28 | Committee report: do pass, adopted | |
| 2010-01-19 | Senator Boots added as coauthor | |
| 2010-01-05 | First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary | |
| 2010-01-05 | Authored by Senators Zakas and Broden |
