§ 23-02.1-17 — Court reports of adoption

North Dakota § 23-02.1-17

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-02.1: Health Statistics Act

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1. For each adoption decreed by any court in this state, the court shall require the
preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the state
registrar. The report must include such facts as are necessary to locate and identify

the birth record for the person adopted; provide information necessary to establish a
new birth record for the person adopted; and must identify the order of adoption and
be certified by the clerk of court.
2. Information in the possession of the petitioner necessary to prepare the adoption
report must be furnished with the petition for adoption by each petitioner for adoption
or petitioner's attorney. The department of health and human services or other persons
concerned shall supply the court with such additional information as may be necessary
to complete the report. The provision of such information is a prerequisite to the
issuance of a final decree.
3. Whenever an adoption decree is amended or annulled, the clerk of court shall prepare
a report thereof, which must include the facts necessary to identify the original
adoption report and the facts amended in the adoption decree as are necessary to
properly amend the birth record.
4. Not later than the fifth day of each calendar month, the clerk of court shall forward to
the state registrar reports of decrees of adoptions, annulment of adoption, or
amendments thereof entered in the preceding month, together with such related
reports as the state registrar shall require.
5. When the state registrar shall receive a report of adoption or annulment of adoption or
amendment thereof from a court for a person born in the United States but outside this
state, such report must be forwarded to the appropriate registration authority in the
state of birth.