Relating to the addition of biological parent information of an adult adopted person through amendment of an original certificate of birth, and providing fees

This bill provides for the addition of biological parent information of an adult adopted person to an original certificate of birth through amendment of the original certificate of birth.24 based upon the adoption, may apply to the state registrar to amend that original certificate of birth to include the name on that original certificate of birth of an omitted biological parent. The bill includes requirements that must be met prior to amending an original certificate of birth under the bill including: the adopted person shall file a written application, along with proof of identification, with the state registrar consenting to the adopted person’s original certificate of birth being amended to include the name of an omitted biological parent; and the state registrar shall obtain an affidavit with substantiating evidence, from either the person whose name is to be added as a biological parent if that person is living or from a specified representative of that person if that person is deceased, attesting that the person whose name is to be added as a biological parent is a biological parent of the subject of the original certificate of birth and that the name to be added is that of the biological parent that was omitted from the original certificate of birth. An amended original certificate of birth registered under the bill shall be marked “amended” as provided under current law, and a summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the amended original certificate of birth shall be endorsed on the certificate.24A. The bill provides definitions for terms used in the bill including “personal representative”, “relative”, “successor”, and “trustee”. The bill directs the state registrar to adopt administrative rules relating to establishment, collection, and deposit of fees for preparation and registration of an amended original certificate of birth and for issuance of a noncertified copy of an amended original certificate of birth; the consent and affidavit forms; the proof of identification requirements relative to the provision of consent by the subject of an original certificate of birth to amendment of the original certificate of birth; and the evidentiary requirements to substantiate that a person is an omitted biological parent of the subject of the original certificate of birth. The bill makes a conforming Code change to provide an exemption to provide that the original certificate of birth may be subject to inspection for the purposes of amendment under the bill.24A to reflect the provisions of the bill relating to issuance of a noncertified copy of an amended original certificate of birth.