§ 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(d), (e) [Repealed.]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.)