Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 31-19-8-1 (2025)
Period of supervision as prerequisite to adoption
✓ 2025 Indiana Code: the 2026 session is not included
Sec. 1. An adoption may be granted in Indiana only after:
(1) the court has heard the evidence; and
(2) except as provided in section 2(c) of this chapter, a period of supervision, as described in section 2 of this chapter, by:
(A) a licensed child placing agency for a child who has not been adjudicated to be a child in need of services; or
(B) the department, if the child is the subject of an open child in need of services action.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-3 part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.248; P.L.138-2007, SEC.38; P.L.131-2009, SEC.15; P.L.128-2012, SEC.50.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2024 · leading case: In re the Adoption of S.O., A.O., & N.O., P.P. v. A.O., 56 N.E.3d 77 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016).
In re the Adoption of S.O., A.O., & N.O., P.P. v. A.O., 56 N.E.3d 77 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). “I.C. § 31-19-8-1.- Although the supervisory period and report can be waived for stepparents or grandparents, I.”
Wachowski v. Beke, 756 N.E.2d 990 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001). “He also asserts that the Bekes violated I.C. § 31-19-8-1 because service was not made by certified mail, sheriff, or publication, or with a "proper identifying date upon the notice, which would allow for proper computation of the thirty-day time limit.”
Sharp v. Fields, 796 N.E.2d 364 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). “[The Adoptive Parents] then intervened in the [Paternity Court] and filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain Sharp's paternity action because of his failure to timely commence an action for paternity after receiving the pre-birth…”
M B v. A S, No. 24A-AD-01885 (Ind. Ct. App. Dec. 26, 2024). “Ind. Code § 31-19-8-1 (emphasis added). See also S.”
In re the Adoption of L.J. & E.J., minors, Crystal Satter v. Jason James & Jennifer James (mem. dec.), No. 64A03-1608-AD-1886 (Ind. Ct. App. May 16, 2017). “Criminal History Check on Step-Mother [16] Birth Mother notes, correctly, that Indiana Code section 31-19-8-1 requires a period of supervision by a licensed child placing agency, which could include the Indiana Department of Child Services.”
In the Matter of the Adoption of K.L., K.D. v. S.W. & M.W., No. 14A05-1406-AD-288 (Ind. Ct. App. Jan. 23, 2015). “Ind. Code § 31-19-8-1 provides that an adoption may be granted only after the court has heard the evidence and, “except as provided in section 2(c) of this chapter, a period of supervision, as described in section 2 of this chapter, by .”
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