Code of Alabama
Chapter 10A - Alabama Adoption Code.
Section 26-10A-32 - Birth Certificates.

(a) Within 10 days of the final decree being entered the judge or the clerk of the court shall send a copy of the final order to the Department of Human Resources and shall send a certificate of the final order of adoption to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health upon the form supplied by the state registrar for that purpose.
(b) Upon receipt of copy of any final order of adoption the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall cause to be made a new record of the birth in the new name and with the name or names of the adopting parent or parents as contained in the final decree. The state registrar shall then cause to be sealed and filed the original certificate of birth with the decree of the court.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of Section 22-9A-12, after the new birth certificate has been issued, the original birth certificate and the evidence of adoption are not subject to inspection except upon order of the court for good cause shown.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.

Chapter 10A - Alabama Adoption Code.

Section 26-10A-1 - Short Title.

Section 26-10A-2 - Definitions.

Section 26-10A-3 - Jurisdiction.

Section 26-10A-4 - Venue.

Section 26-10A-5 - Who May Adopt.

Section 26-10A-6 - Who May Be Adopted.

Section 26-10A-7 - Persons Whose Consents or Relinquishment Are Required.

Section 26-10A-8 - Consent or Relinquishment by a Minor Parent.

Section 26-10A-9 - Implied Consent or Relinquishment.

Section 26-10A-10 - Persons Whose Consents or Relinquishments Are Not Required.

Section 26-10A-11 - Consent or Relinquishment.

Section 26-10A-12 - Persons Who May Take Consent or Relinquishments; Forms.

Section 26-10A-13 - Time of Consent or Relinquishment; Filing With Court.

Section 26-10A-14 - Withdrawal of Consent or Relinquishment.

Section 26-10A-15 - Surrender of Custody of Minor Under Age of Majority.

Section 26-10A-16 - Petition.

Section 26-10A-17 - Notice of Petition.

Section 26-10A-18 - Custody Pending Final Decree.

Section 26-10A-19 - Investigation.

Section 26-10A-20 - Removal of Adoptee From County.

Section 26-10A-21 - Related Proceedings.

Section 26-10A-22 - Attorney Participation and Appointment of Attorney for the Adoptee or Other Party.

Section 26-10A-23 - Fees and Charges.

Section 26-10A-24 - Contested Hearing.

Section 26-10A-25 - Final Decree; Dispositional Hearing.

Section 26-10A-26 - Appeals.

Section 26-10A-27 - Stepparent Adoptions.

Section 26-10A-28 - Adoption by Other Relatives.

Section 26-10A-29 - Name and Status of Adoptee.

Section 26-10A-30 - Grandparent Visitation.

Section 26-10A-31 - Confidentiality of Records, Hearing; Parties.

Section 26-10A-32 - Birth Certificates.

Section 26-10A-33 - Crime to Place Children for Adoption.

Section 26-10A-34 - Payments to Parent for Placing Minor for Adoption; Maternity Expenses; Receipt of Financial Benefits by Father.

Section 26-10A-35 - Bringing Child Into State for Adoption Purposes.

Section 26-10A-36 - Advertisement as to Adoption by Persons, Organizations, etc., Not Licensed by Department of Human Resources.

Section 26-10A-37 - Rules of Procedure and Rules of Evidence.

Section 26-10A-38 - Application to Existing Adoptions.