Title 31, Chapter 10, Section 13
( 31-10-13)
(a) For each adoption decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction
in this state, the court shall require the preparation of a report
of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state
registrar. The report shall include such facts as are necessary to
locate and identify the original certificate of birth of the person
adopted; shall provide information necessary to establish a new
certificate of birth of the person adopted; and shall identify the
order of adoption and be certified by the clerk of court. (b) Information necessary to prepare the report of adoption shall be
furnished by each petitioner for adoption or the petitioner's
attorney. The appropriate agency or any person having knowledge of
the facts shall supply the court with such additional information as
may be necessary to complete the report. The provision of such
information shall be prerequisite to the issuance of a final decree
in the matter by the court. (c) Whenever an adoption decree is amended or annulled, the clerk of
the court shall prepare a report thereof, which shall include such
facts as are necessary to identify the original adoption report and
the facts amended in the adoption decree as shall be necessary to
amend the birth record properly. (d) Not later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month or more
frequently, as directed by the state registrar, the clerk of the
court shall forward to the state registrar reports of decrees of
adoption, annulment of adoption, and amendments of decrees of
adoption which were entered in the preceding month, together with
such related reports as the state registrar shall require. (e) When the state registrar shall receive a certificate of
adoption, report of annulment of adoption, or amendment of a decree
of adoption of a person born outside this state, the state registrar
shall forward such certificate or report to the state registrar in
the indicated state of birth. (f) The following shall apply to certificates of birth of adopted
persons born in a foreign country: (1) The state registrar shall establish a certificate of birth for
a person born in a foreign country when the state registrar
receives a certificate of adoption and the child was not a United
States citizen at birth. The certificate of adoption shall specify
the actual place of birth which shall be shown as the place of
birth on the birth certificate. The new birth certificate shall
be prepared on a "Certificate of Foreign Birth" as prescribed by
the state registrar; and (2) If a person was born in a foreign country and was a citizen of
the United States at the time of birth, the state registrar shall
not prepare a "Certificate of Foreign Birth" and shall notify the
adoptive parents of the procedure for obtaining a revised birth
certificate for their child through the United States Department
of State. |