Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state department of health shall establish a new certificate of birth for an individual born in Indiana upon a receipt of an official report that the individual has been adopted.
(b) The state department of health shall not establish a new certificate of birth following an adoption if:
(1) the court decreeing the adoption;
(2) the adoptive parents; or
(3) the adopted individual;
so requests.
(c) A new certificate of birth established under this section must show the actual place and date of birth.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-12(e).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 19. Family Law: Adoption
Chapter 13. Establishment of New Birth Certificate Following Adoption
31-19-13-1. New Certificate of Birth
31-19-13-2. Replacement of Original Registration of Birth; Filing; Confidentiality
31-19-13-3. Annulment or Revocation of Adoption; Restoration of Original Certificate of Birth
31-19-13-4. Seal or Surrender of Replaced Certificate of Birth