§338-20 Adoption. (a) In case of the adoption of any person born in the State, the department of health, upon receipt of a properly certified copy of the adoption decree, or certified abstract thereof on a form approved by the department, shall prepare a supplementary certificate in the name of the adopted person, as fixed or changed by the decree, and seal and file the original certificate of birth with the certified copy attached thereto.
(b) The registrar of births shall show on the supplemental birth certificate the names of parents as stated in the adoption decree pursuant to section 578-14.
(c) Any certified copy of final decree of adoption, or abstract thereof, of persons born in the State, rendered by courts of other states and territories subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or courts of a foreign country, shall be considered properly certified when attested by the clerk of the court in which it was rendered with the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the presiding judge, chancellor, or magistrate that the attestation is in due form.
(d) If no original certificate of birth shall be on file with the department, the department may require such evidence as it deems necessary to establish the facts of birth before preparing a supplementary certificate in the new name of the adopted person; provided that no such certificate shall be filed unless it shall be satisfactorily established that the adopted person was born in the State.
(e) The sealed documents may be opened by the department only by an order of a court of record or when requested in accordance with section 578-14.5 or 578-15. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order setting aside a decree of adoption, the department shall restore the original certificate to its original place in the files. [L 1949, c 327, §24; RL 1955, §57-23; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-20; am L 1978, c 50, §1; am L 1979, c 203, §2; am L 1980, c 153, §6 and c 232, §18; am L 1988, c 274, §2; am L 1990, c 338, §2]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
338-2 Authority and duties of the department of health.
338-4 Deaths reported to county clerks.
338-5 Compulsory registration of births.
338-6 Local agent to prepare birth certificate.
338-7 Registration of foundlings; foundling report.
338-8 Compulsory registration of deaths and fetal deaths.
338-9 Filing and preparation of death and fetal death certificates.
338-10 Late determination of the cause of death.
338-12 Evidentiary character of certificates.
338-14.3 Verification in lieu of a certified copy.
338-14.5 Copies of certificate; fees.
338-14.6 Vital statistics improvement special fund.
338-15 Late or altered certificates.
338-16 Procedure concerning late and altered birth certificates.
338-17 Late or altered certificate as evidence.
338-17.5 Judicial procedure to establish facts of birth.
338-17.7 Establishment of new certificates of birth, when.
338-17.8 Certificates for children born out of State.
338-19 Photostatic or typewritten copies of records.
338-20.5 Adoption; foreign born persons.
338-21 Children born to parents not married to each other.
338-22 Other persons required to make records.
338-23 Permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body.
338-24 Foreign permit for removal, burial, or other disposition of body.
338-25 Prerequisite for permit.
338-25.5 Disinterment of human bodies.
338-28 Transmittal of certificates to department.
338-29.5 Late registration of death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce.
338-43 OLD REPEALED. §338-43 Perjury.