Ind. Code § 31-19-14-2

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-19-14-2 - Time for challenge to adoption decree

Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, if a person whose parental rights are terminated by the entry of an adoption decree challenges the adoption decree not more than the later of:

(1) six (6) months after the entry of an adoption decree; or

(2) one (1) year after the adoptive parents obtain custody of the child;

the court shall sustain the adoption decree unless the person challenging the adoption decree establishes, by clear and convincing evidence, that modifying or setting aside the adoption decree is in the child's best interests.

IC 31-19-14-2

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1.3-2(a).

As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.11.