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Vermont Statutes Title 18. Health, § 5078a. Certificate of live birth for a foreign born child adopted in Vermont

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The State Registrar shall establish in the Statewide Registration System a “certificate of live birth for a foreign born child” when he or she receives:

(1) a written request that the certificate be established:

(A) from the adopted person if 14 years of age or older; or

(B) from the adoptive parent or parents if the adopted person is under 14 years of age; and

(2) a record of adoption issued under 15A V.S.A. § 3-801(a).

(b) The 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 U.S. citizenship; and

(5) any other information the State Registrar may prescribe.

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

(d) Repealed by 2017, No. 46, Sec. 31 eff. July 1, 2019.

(e) Repealed by 2017, No. 46, Sec. 31, eff. July 1, 2019.

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