In Re Adoption of H.N.R.

{¶ 1} Appellant, C.S.M., brings an as-applied challenge to the constitutionality of an aspect of Ohio’s Putative Father Registry (“OPFR”) that limits the time frame during which a man can register as a putative father in order to gain a right to receive notice of any subsequent adoption proceedings involving the man’s putative child. See R.C. 3107.07(B)(1) and 3107.062. C.S.M. argues that the deadline — 30 days after the child’s birth in the version of the law that applied to C.S.M., which has since been reduced by the legislature to 15 days — is *145unconstitutional as applied to the putative…