Sec. 7. (a) The court may: (1) send all notices of the filing of a motion to contest an adoption; (2) conduct bifurcated hearings under this chapter; and (3) issue an order protecting the anonymity of a petitioner for adoption. (b) An order issued under subsection (a)(3) may include an order directed to an attorney who represents a party: (1) contesting an adoption; or (2) seeking to withdraw a consent to adoption. An order under subdivision (1) or (2) may order the attorney not to disclose information that identifies or may tend to identify a petitioner for adoption. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-6.3(d).]
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