Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 31-35-6-3 (2026)
Referral for adoption; effect of appeal of decision terminating parent-child relationship
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 3. An appeal of a court's decision regarding the termination of the parent-child relationship does not prevent the court in the court's discretion from referring the matter for adoption proceedings while the appeal is pending.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-5-5(c).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.18.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2012–2012 · leading case: In the Matter of the Adoption of Minor Child.: C.B.M. & C.R.M.: C.A.B. v. J.D.M. & K.L.M., 979 N.E.2d 174 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012).
In the Matter of the Adoption of Minor Child.: C.B.M. & C.R.M.: C.A.B. v. J.D.M. & K.L.M., 979 N.E.2d 174 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012). “See Ind. Code § 31-35-6-3 . So long as a parent is given notice of these adoption proceedings, however, such a decision would not run afoul of that parent’s due-process rights.”
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