Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3-801
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3-801
- Adoptee: means a person who is adopted or is to be adopted. See
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
- Parent: means a person who is legally recognized as a mother or father or whose consent to the adoption of a minor is required under subdivision 2-401(a)(1)-(4) or (6) of this title. See
- Records: means all documents, exhibits and data pertaining to an adoption, whether collected prior to or after the decree of adoption. See
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See
§ 3-801. Report of adoption to State Registrar of Vital Records
(a) Within 30 days after a decree of adoption becomes final, the clerk of the court shall prepare, send, and certify to the State Registrar of Vital Records a report of adoption on a form prescribed by the State Registrar. The report shall include:
(1) information in the court’s record of the proceeding for adoption that is necessary to locate and identify the adoptee‘s birth certificate or, in the case of an adoptee born outside the United States, evidence the court finds appropriate to consider as to the adoptee’s date and country, state, and municipality of birth, as may be available;
(2) information necessary to issue a new birth certificate for the adoptee and a request that a new certificate be issued, unless the court, the adoptive parent, or an adoptee who is 14 years of age or older requests that a new certificate not be issued; and
(3) the file number of the decree of adoption and the date on which the decree became final.
(b) Within 30 days after a decree of adoption is amended or set aside, the clerk of the court shall prepare and send to the State Registrar a report of that action on a form prescribed by the State Registrar. The report shall include information necessary to identify the original report of adoption and shall also include information necessary to amend or withdraw any new birth certificate that was issued pursuant to the original report of adoption. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2017, No. 46, § 28, eff. July 1, 2019.)