To amend a birth record of a child legitimized under the provisions of Section 20-1-60 or 20-1-70, the Bureau of Vital Statistics shall require an affidavit of both parents and a certified copy of the parents' marriage record. However, if either the mother or the reputed father is deceased, if another man is shown as the father of the child on the original birth certificate, or if the original birth certificate states that the mother was married, a new certificate may be prepared only when a determination of paternity is made by the family court. The original birth certificate and documents authorizing the amendment must be placed in a sealed file not to be subject to inspection except upon order of the family court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1130.1; 1970 (56) 2552; 1979 Act No. 41 Section 4; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 44-63-10. Duties of Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Section 44-63-30. State registrar of vital statistics.
Section 44-63-40. County registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistrars.
Section 44-63-55. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
Section 44-63-60. Certificates to be furnished by state registrar.
Section 44-63-72. Death certificates filed by licensed embalmers and funeral directors; contents.
Section 44-63-82. Matching of birth and death certificates.
Section 44-63-84. Persons to whom death certificate may be issued.
Section 44-63-86. Persons to whom marriage certificates and reports of divorce may be issued.
Section 44-63-90. Issuance of certificate where birth has not been registered.
Section 44-63-120. Disposition of fees received by state registrar.
Section 44-63-140. Supplementary or amended birth certificates for adopted children or adults.
Section 44-63-150. Correction of mistakes in birth or death certificates.
Section 44-63-160. Amendment of birth record of legitimized child.
Section 44-63-161. Unlawful acts; penalties.
Section 44-63-180. Persons who may register statistical record of birth.