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Oregon Revised Statutes Domestic Relations § 109.410

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The clerk of the court having custody of the adoption file shall issue upon request a certificate of adoption to the adopted person, the adoptive parents or parent, their attorney of record, in the proceeding, or to any child-placing agency which gave consent to the adoption. The certificate shall be substantially in the following form:

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION

IN THE _______________ COURT

OF THE STATE OF OREGON

FOR THE COUNTY OF

____________________

In the Matter of the Adoption of:

 

 

___________________________________________________

 

File No._________________________

 

Name after Adoption

 

 

This is to certify that on the __________ day of __________, 2_____, a Judgment of Adoption was granted by the Honorable Judge ____________________ granting the adoption of the above-named person by _______________.

    The adopted person, above named, was born in the City of ____________________, County of _______________, State of __________, on the _____ day of __________, 2_____.

 

Dated at __________, Oregon, this _____ day of __________, 2_____.

(Title of the Clerk of the Court)

 

(SEAL) By ______________________________________

 

Deputy

(2) The certificate of adoption may be issued by the judge who granted the adoption, instead of by the clerk of the court.

(3) The certificate of adoption shall not state the former name of the person adopted, unless the name was not changed by the judgment, and shall not state the name of either biological parent of the person adopted. However, if the adoption was by the adopted person's stepparent, the name of the adopting stepparent's spouse may be set forth in the certificate if requested.

(4) No certificate of adoption shall be issued to any person other than the persons described in subsection (1) of this section without order of the court.

(5) For all purposes, the certificate of adoption shall constitute legal proof of the facts set forth therein, shall have the same force and effect and the same presumptions of validity as the judgment of adoption, and shall be entitled to full faith and credit.

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