§ 35-1-416 — Court reports of adoption

(a) For each adoption of a child born in this state that
is 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 of vital records. The report
shall include such facts as are necessary to locate and identify
the certificate of birth of the person adopted, provide
information necessary to establish new certificate of birth of
the person adopted, and shall identify the order of adoption and
be certified by the clerk of the court. The report of adoption
as well as a certified copy of adoption decree shall be
furnished to the state registrar as specified in subsection (c)
of this section.
(b) Whenever an adoption decree is amended or annulled,
the clerk of the court shall prepare a report thereof which
shall include such facts as are necessary to identify the
original adoption report and the facts amended in the adoption
decree as necessary to properly amend the birth record. The
report of the amended or annulled adoption decree shall be
furnished to the state registrar as specified in subsection (c)
of this section.
(c) Not later than the fifth day of each calendar month
the clerk of court shall forward to the state registrar of vital
records the report of adoption, records of decrees of adoption,
and any annulment or amendment thereof entered in the preceding
month together with such related reports as the state registrar
shall require.
(d) When the state registrar receives a record of
adoption, or annulment, or amendment thereof, from a court for a
person born outside this state, the record shall be forwarded to
the appropriate registration authority in the state of birth.
For an adoption of a child born in a foreign country, the record
of adoption shall be forwarded to the U.S. immigration and
naturalization service, U.S. department of justice, or such
other office as the federal government may designate.