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2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title I - THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter 5-C - VITAL RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Section 5-C:36 - Birth Record of a Foundling.
NH Rev Stat § 5-C:36 (2015) What's This?
5-C:36 Birth Record of a Foundling. – The department of health and human services shall record the following information for a "foundling,'' which shall mean an infant of unknown parentage: the name given to the child, if available; the date and place of filing; the child's sex; the approximate birth date of the child; the signature and title of the custodian; the name and address of the person or institution with whom the child has been placed for care by the department of health and human services; other available data regarding the physical condition of the child, as determined by approximation, in accordance with RSA 5-C:19; the notation "foundling;'' the city or town where the child was found, which shall be entered as the place of birth; and parentage data, which shall be shown as "unknown.''
Source. 2005, 268:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
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