2009 Louisiana Children's Code :: CHC 1182 - Records of adoption decrees

Art. 1182. Records of adoption decrees

A. Whenever an interlocutory decree of adoption has been granted, the clerk of court shall forward a certified copy of the decree to the Department of Children and Family Services.

B. Whenever a final decree of adoption has been granted with regard to a child born in Louisiana, the clerk of court shall forward, on a form supplied by the Department of Children and Family Services, a certificate of the decree to the state registrar of vital records.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

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