Vermont § 5078a - Certificate of live birth for a foreign born child adopted in Vermont

§ 5078a. Certificate of live birth for a foreign born child adopted in Vermont

• (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 (d), (e) [Repealed.] (Added 1985, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2017, No. 46, § 31, eff. July 1, 2019.)