Vermont § 5078 - Adoption; new and amended birth certificate
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§ 5078. Adoption; new and amended birth certificate
- (a) When the State Registrar receives a report of adoption, a report of an amended adoption,
or a report that an adoption has been set aside as provided in 15A V.S.A. § 3-801, or a record of adoption prepared and filed in accordance with the laws of another
state or foreign country, he or she shall proceed as prescribed in 15A V.S.A. § 3-802. (b) If prior to July 1, 2019 a new birth certificate was issued following an adoption
that contains a notation that it was issued by authority of this chapter, contains
the filing dates of the original and the new birth certificate, or otherwise contains
information that facially distinguishes it from an original, the adoptive parent or
the adoptee if 14 years of age or older may apply to the State Registrar to issue
a replacement birth certificate that does not contain distinguishing information.
The State Registrar shall issue the replacement and notify any town clerk with custody
of the version that contains distinguishing information, who shall substitute the
latter with the replacement birth certificate. The town clerk shall send the version
that contains distinguishing information to the State Registrar, who shall keep it
confidential. (c) [Repealed.] (d) [Repealed.] (e) [Repealed.] (f) [Repealed.] (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 1985, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2017, No. 46, § 30, eff. July 1, 2018; 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § I.8, eff. July 1, 2019.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5078 ("Adoption; new and amended birth certificate") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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