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§10-7503-3.2.


§10-7503-3.2.
   
   A. 1. If a putative father files a paternity action after receiving
   notice of or having knowledge of a potential adoption, the putative
   father shall notify the attorney for the petitioner for adoption or
   the child-placing agency that is placing the minor for adoption that
   the paternity action has been filed, including, but not limited to:
   
   a. the name of the court,
   
   b. the case number, and
   
   c. the date of filing.
   
   2. If the name or location of the attorney for the petitioner for
   adoption or the child-placing agency placing the minor for adoption
   cannot be ascertained by the putative father, the putative father
   shall notify the petitioner for adoption. If the petitioner for
   adoption is also unknown to the putative father, the putative father
   shall notify the Paternity Registry of the Department of Human
   Services.
   
   B. Upon a motion of the prospective adoptive parent, the court having
   jurisdiction over the paternity action, if it is filed in a court of
   this state, shall allow the prospective adoptive parent to intervene
   in the paternity action and have the opportunity to be heard and seek
   custody and/or visitation. If a proceeding for adoption or for
   termination of parental rights of the putative father and a paternity
   action by the putative father regarding the same minor are both
   pending in the courts of this state, upon motion of any party, the
   court having jurisdiction over the paternity action shall transfer the
   paternity proceeding to the court in which the adoption or termination
   proceeding is pending, whereupon the two proceedings may be
   considered.
   

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