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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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