Delaware § 3126 Registration of adoptions; duty of clerk of court; old and new birth certificates

Delaware Statutes

§ 3126 — Registration of adoptions; duty of clerk of court; old and new birth certificates

Delaware § 3126

JurisdictionDelaware

Title16

PartVital Statistics

Ch. 31REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, ANNULMENTS AND ADOPTIONS

Subch.Registration Requirements and Procedures

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 16, § 3126 (2026).

Text

(a)Upon the issuance of a final decree of adoption or of an order certifying the validity of a foreign adoption, the clerk of the court in which the decree of adoption was made, or filed in the case of a foreign adoption under § 927 of Title 13, shall immediately file in the office of the State Registrar, on forms provided by the State Registrar for this purpose, a report setting forth the information required by § 921 of Title 13, together with a certified copy of the final decree of adoption.

(b)Upon receipt of the information, the State Registrar shall remove from the files the original certificate of birth and, after proper identification, shall place it in a confidential file. The State Registrar shall file a new certificate setting forth the adopted name and sex of the child, toge

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(a) Upon the issuance of a final decree of adoption or of an order certifying the validity of a foreign adoption, the clerk of the court in which the decree of adoption was made, or filed in the case of a foreign adoption under § 927 of Title 13, shall immediately file in the office of the State Registrar, on forms provided by the State Registrar for this purpose, a report setting forth the information required by § 921 of Title 13, together with a certified copy of the final decree of adoption.

(b) Upon receipt of the information, the State Registrar shall remove from the files the original certificate of birth and, after proper identification, shall place it in a confidential file. The State Registrar shall file a new certificate setting forth the adopted name and sex of the child, together with the names of the adopting parents and the actual birth date and birthplace of the child. Certificates may be issued in accordance with § 3110 of this title.

(c) The State Registrar shall file a new certificate of birth for any child born in Delaware who is legally adopted in another state upon receipt of a certified or exemplified copy of the court order of adoption from the clerk of the court of such other state, and shall issue a certificate as provided under § 3110 of this title.

(d) In the event of a child born outside of the United States and who is adopted in Delaware and for whom no certificate of birth can be secured from the nation of birth, the State Registrar may file and issue a special certificate of birth in accordance with this chapter, provided the adopting parents can furnish evidence considered satisfactory by the State Registrar of the facts and circumstances surrounding the birth of the child.

Legislative History

27 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 11 ; Code 1915, § 811; 33 Del. Laws, c. 57, § 4 ; 34 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 1 ; Code 1935, § 794; 44 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 1 ; 16 Del. C. 1953, § 3127; 52 Del. Laws, c. 88, § 3 ; 62 Del. Laws, c. 157, § 1 ; 68 Del. Laws, c. 274, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 481, § 2 ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 306, § 3