40-6-123. Birth records. (1) Upon order of a court of this state or upon request of a court of another state, the department of public health and human services shall prepare a substitute certificate of birth consistent with the findings of the court and shall substitute the new certificate for the original certificate of birth.
(2) The fact that the father and child relationship was declared after the child's birth may not be ascertainable from the new certificate, but the actual place and date of birth must be shown.
(3) The evidence upon which the new certificate was made and the original birth certificate must be kept in a sealed and confidential file and are subject to inspection only upon consent of the court and all interested persons or in exceptional cases only upon an order of the court for good cause shown.
History: En. 61-324 by Sec. 24, Ch. 512, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 61-324; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 148, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
40-6-103. Relationship not dependent on marriage
40-6-104. How parent and child relationship established
40-6-105. Presumption of paternity
40-6-106. Artificial insemination
40-6-107. Determination of father and child relationship -- who may bring action
40-6-108. Statute of limitations
40-6-109. Jurisdiction -- venue
40-6-111. Pretrial proceedings
40-6-113. Evidence relating to paternity
40-6-114. Pretrial recommendations
40-6-117. Enforcement of judgment or order
40-6-118. Modification of judgment or order
40-6-119. Right to counsel -- transcript on appeal
40-6-120. Hearings and records -- confidentiality
40-6-121. Action to declare mother and child relationship
40-6-122. Promise to render support