Michigan § 333.2829 - Report of adoption; form; contents; report when adoption order amended, annulled, or rescinded; duty of probate register or clerk; requirements of birth certificate issued to adopted individual.

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§ 333.2829. Report of adoption; form; contents; report when adoption order amended, annulled, or rescinded; duty of probate register or clerk; requirements of birth certificate issued to adopted individual.

Sec. 2829.(1)

For each adoption ordered by the probate court in this state, the court shall prepare a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state registrar. The report shall:

(a)

Include the facts necessary to locate and identify the certificate of live birth of the individual adopted.

(b)

Provide information necessary to establish a new certificate of live birth of the individual adopted.

(c)

Identify the adoption order.

(d)

Be certified by the probate register or clerk.

(2)

When an adoption order is amended, annulled, or rescinded, the court shall prepare a report which shall include the facts necessary to identify the original adoption report and the facts amended in the adoption order necessary to properly amend the birth record. The report of a rescission of adoption shall include the current names and addresses of the petitioners.

(3)

Not later than the tenth day of the calendar month, the probate register or clerk shall forward:

(a)

To the state registrar, reports of adoption orders, and amendments, annulments, and rescissions of the orders, entered during the preceding month for individuals born in this state.

(b)

To the appropriate registration authority in another state, the United States department of state, or the United States immigration and naturalization service, reports of adoption orders, and amendments, annulments, and rescissions of the orders, entered during the preceding month for individuals born outside this state.

(4)

A birth certificate issued to an adopted individual shall conform to the requirements of sections 67 and 68 of chapter X of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being sections 710.67 and 710.68 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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