How can a person get a new birth certificate for an adopted child in Wyoming?
Full Question:
My husband and I adopted a child. How can we get a new birth certificate for our adopted son? Can we change his birth place or original date of birth in the new birth certificate?
05/03/2017 |
Category: Vital Records |
State: Wyoming |
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Answer:
You cannot change his birth place or original date of birth in the new birth certificate. When a new certificate of birth is issued, the actual city and county and date of birth will be shown in it. The new birth certificate will be substituted for the original certificate of birth. Moreover, the original certificate of birth and evidence of adoption is not subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The following are the Wyoming statutes in this regard:
§ 35-1-417. New certificate of birth following adoption; court determination of paternity; and paternity acknowledgment.
(a) The state registrar of vital records shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in this state when he receives the following:
(i) An adoption report from the courts of this state, the several states of the United States or a foreign country, and a certified copy of the decree of adoption together with the information necessary to identify the original certificate of birth and to establish a new certificate of birth; except that a new certificate of birth shall not be established unless so requested by the court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents or the adopted person;
(ii) A request that a new certificate be established and evidence as required by regulation proving that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined the paternity of the person, or that both parents have acknowledged the paternity of such person.
(b) When a new certificate of birth is established, the actual city and county and date of birth shall be shown. It shall be substituted for the original certificate of birth. If a new certificate of birth is issued under this section, and in the case of adoptions, the original certificate of birth and evidence of adoption shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Upon receipt of a decree of annulment of adoption, the original certificate of birth shall be restored to its place in the file and the new certificate and evidence shall not be subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 93, § 3.
(e) The state registrar of vital records shall establish a new certificate of birth, on a form he prescribes, for a person born in a foreign country upon receipt of a certified copy of the decree of adoption entered pursuant to W.S. 1-22-111(a)(iii) and a request for a new certificate by the court decreeing the adoption, the adoptive parents or the adopted person.
(f) If no certificate of birth is on file for the person for whom a new certificate is to be established under this section, a delayed certificate of birth shall be filed with the state registrar of vital records as provided by this act, before a new certificate of birth is established.
(g) Repealed by Laws 2003, ch. 93, § 3.
