Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state department of health shall establish a new certificate of birth for an individual born in Indiana upon a receipt of an official report that the individual has been adopted. (b) The state department of health shall not establish a new certificate of birth following […]
Sec. 2. When a new certificate of birth is established following adoption, the new certificate of birth replaces the original registration of birth. The original registration of birth shall be filed with the evidence of adoption and withheld from inspection except: (1) for a child adopted by a stepparent; or (2) as provided in IC […]
Sec. 3. Upon receipt of a notice of annulment or revocation of adoption, the original certificate of birth shall be restored. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-12(g).] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Sec. 4. When the state department of health establishes a new certificate of birth following an adoption, each local health department in Indiana having custody of the replaced certificate of birth shall: (1) seal the replaced certificate from inspection; or (2) surrender the replaced certificate to the state department of health; as the state department […]
