2014 Vermont Statutes
Title 18 - Health
Chapter 103 - BIRTH RECORDS
§ 5078a Birth certificate for foreign-born child adopted in Vermont

§ 5078a. Birth certificate for foreign-born child adopted in Vermont

(a) The supervisor of vital records registration shall establish a Vermont birth certificate for a person born in a foreign country when the supervisor receives:

(1) a written request that a new certificate be established

(A) from the adopted person if 18 years or older, or

(B) from the adoptive parent or parents if the adopted person is under 18 years of age; and

(2) a record of adoption issued under the provisions of 15 V.S.A. § 449.

(b) The new Vermont birth certificate shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner of health. The new birth certificate shall include:

(1) the true or probable foreign country of birth and true or probable date of birth;

(2) the adoptive parents as though they were natural parents;

(3) a notation that it was issued by authority of this chapter;

(4) a statement that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship.

(c) The new birth certificate shall not contain a statement whether the adopted person was illegitimate.

(d) Birth certificates established under this section shall remain on file only at the department of health.

(e) Papers relating to the adoption shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of 15 V.S.A. § 451. (Added 1985, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)