Upon entry of a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory decree of adoption that does not require a subsequent hearing, the clerk of the court shall prepare an application for a birth record in the new name of the adopted individual and forward the application to the appropriate vital statistics office of the place, if known, where the adopted individual was born and forward a copy of the decree to the Division of Vital Records for statistical purposes. The division may issue a birth certificate for any child born in a place whose law does not provide for the issuance of a substituted certificate.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations
Subchapter 2 - Revised Uniform Adoption Act
§ 9-9-205. Jurisdiction — Venue — Inconvenient forum — Disclosure of name
§ 9-9-207. Persons as to whom consent not required
§ 9-9-208. How consent is executed
§ 9-9-209. Withdrawal of consent
§ 9-9-210. Petition for adoption
§ 9-9-211. Report of petitioner's expenditures
§ 9-9-212. Hearing on petition — Requirements
§ 9-9-213. Required residence of minor
§ 9-9-214. Appearance — Continuance — Disposition of petition
§ 9-9-215. Effect of decree of adoption
§ 9-9-216. Appeal from and validation of adoption decree
§ 9-9-217. Confidentiality of hearings and records
§ 9-9-218. Recognition of foreign decrees affecting adoption
§ 9-9-219. Application for new birth record
§ 9-9-220. Relinquishment and termination of parent and child relationship
§ 9-9-221. Uniformity of interpretation
§ 9-9-222. Repeal and effective date