Medical History Information for Adopted Persons A 1985 amendment to the adoption laws of the State of Indiana initiated a medical history program to be administered by the State Registrar of Vital Records. In accordance with the changes made by Public Law 282/1985, the INDIANA ADOPTION MEDICAL HISTORY REGISTRY was established on January 1, 1986. This Registry is the central depository for the storage and release of medical information filed on two reporting forms.
Individuals who were adopted in Indiana after January 1, 1986, may have one or more reports in the Registry. The Comprehensive Medical Report, filed when they were adopted, reflects the best known information at that time. Any subsequent changes that may affect this medical history can be filed with supplementary Voluntary Medical Reports. A person adopted prior to January 1, 1986, may have information in the Registry; however, this is dependent upon someone having knowledge of the facts filing a Voluntary Medical Report. The forms for this purpose are distributed to requesting individuals and Indiana Licensed Child Placement Agencies. Indiana Putative Father Registry A putative father registry has been established to determine the identity and location of an undisclosed putative father who may have conceived a child for whom an adoption petition has been or may be filed in order to provide notice of the adoption to the putative father. A "putative father" is a man who may be a child's father, but who is not married to the child's mother on or before the date that the child is born or who has not established paternity of the child in a court proceeding before the filing of an adoption petition for the child. A putative father whose identity is not disclosed by the child's mother to an attorney or agency arranging the adoption, must register to be entitled to receive notice of the child's adoption. To register, contact:
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