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Indiana Code › Title 31 › Article 9 › Chapter 2.1 › Section 31-9-2.1-9

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Sec. 9. "Adoption", for purposes of IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-25.5, means the judicial act of creating the relationship of parent and child where the relationship did not exist previously.

As added by P.L.145-2026, SEC.161.

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