(a) Within 10 days of the final judgment being entered, the judge or the clerk of the court shall send a copy of the certified final judgment of adoption to the Department of Human Resources electronically or by United States mail and shall send a copy of the certified final judgment of adoption to the Office of Vital Statistics electronically or by United States mail with the report of adoption in the format developed by the Office of Vital Statistics.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-10E-31

  • 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.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Upon receipt of a copy of a certified final judgment of adoption from the judge or the clerk of the court for an individual born in this state, the Office of Vital Statistics shall prepare a new record of birth reflecting the registrant’s new name and the name of each adoptive parent as contained in the final judgment and report of adoption. The Office of Vital Statistics shall then place the evidence of adoption along with the original certificate of birth in a sealed file. A Certificate of Foreign Birth and sealed file shall, upon request, be created for a foreign-born individual adopted in a court in this state as provided in Section 22-9A-12(i).
(c) The new certificate of birth will be prepared on the form or in the format prescribed by the Office of Vital Statistics following the requirements in Section 22-9A-12, Section 22-9A-19, and Title 420 of the Alabama Administrative Code, or any other rule adopted by the State Board of Health.
(d) There shall be no more than two parents listed on a new or amended birth certificate. If two parents are designated in the final judgment of adoption, those individuals are required to be married to each other at the time the final judgment of adoption is entered.
(e) A new certificate of birth shall be prepared by the Office of Vital Statistics in accordance with the current laws and rules of this state following a final judgment of adoption being entered in another state, the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, or a foreign country.
(f) Except as otherwise provided by Section 22-9A-12(c), after the new birth certificate has been filed, the original birth certificate and the evidence of adoption are not subject to inspection except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction for good cause shown.
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