Sec. 1. An adoption may be granted in Indiana only after: (1) the court has heard the evidence; and (2) except as provided in section 2(c) of this chapter, a period of supervision, as described in section 2 of this chapter, by: (A) a licensed child placing agency for a child who has not been adjudicated to be a child in need of services; or (B) the department, if the child is the subject of an open child in need of services action. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-3 part.]
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