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The undersigned prospective adoptive parent(s) hereby acknowledge being informed of Indiana Code § 31-19-11-1(c) which provides:
A conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor related to the health and safety of a child by a petitioner for adoption is a permissible basis for the court to deny the petition for adoption. In addition, the court may not grant an adoption if a petitioner for adoption has been convicted of any of the felonies described as follows:
However, the court is not prohibited from granting an adoption based upon a felony conviction under subdivision (6), (11), (12), (16), or (17), or its equivalent under subdivision (19), if the offense was not committed within the immediately preceding five (5) year period.
Furthermore, the undersigned understands that the licensed child-placing agency or Office of Family and Children Services performing the home study or a post-placement investigation will require the undersigned to consent to a criminal history check.
Finally, the undersigned hereby agrees to inform Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., of the commission of any crimes during the pendency of an adoption proceeding.
We, the undersigned, hereby state under the penalties for perjury that we have not been convicted of any of the crimes specified above.
We have been advised by Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., of the importance of watching their professionally produced video prior to our initial consultation with Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., and certainly prior to pursuing an adoption through their firm. In representing us, we understand that Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., will assume that we have a thorough understanding of the matters covered by the video.
We, the prospective adoptive parent(s), affirm, under the penalties of perjury, that we have watched the video.
