Connecticut General Statutes 7-50 – Restrictions on content of birth certificates. Exceptions. Filing of acknowledgments or adjudications of parentage. Removal or changing of parentage information. Access to copies restricted
(a) No certificate of birth shall contain any specific statement that the child was born to parents married or unmarried to each other, except that information on whether the child was born to parents married or unmarried to each other and the marital status of the person who gave birth shall be recorded on a confidential portion of the certificate pursuant to section 7-48. Upon the completion of an acknowledgment of parentage at a hospital, concurrent with the hospital’s electronic transmission of birth data to the department, or at a town in the case of a home birth, concurrent with the registration of the birth data by the town, the acknowledgment shall be filed in the parentage registry maintained by the department, as required by section 19a-42a, and the name of the acknowledged parent shall be entered in or upon the birth certificate or birth record of such child. All properly completed post birth acknowledgments or certified adjudications of parentage received by the department shall be filed in the parentage registry maintained by the department, and the name of the acknowledged parent shall be entered in or upon the birth record or certificate of such child by the department, if there is no parentage, other than the person who gave birth, already recorded on the birth certificate. If the certificate already contains the information of a parent other than the person who gave birth, information shall not be removed except upon receipt by the department of a certified order by a court of competent jurisdiction in which there is a finding that the individual recorded on the birth certificate, specifically referenced by name, is not the child’s parent, or a finding that a different individual than the one recorded, specifically referenced by name, is the child’s parent. The name of the parent on a birth certificate or birth record shall otherwise be removed or changed only upon the filing of a rescission in such registry, as provided in section 19a-42a. The Social Security number of the father of a nonmarital child may be entered in or upon the birth certificate or birth record of such child if such entry is done in accordance with 5 USC 552a.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 7-50
- Department: means the Department of Public Health. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- 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.
- Parentage: includes matters relating to adoption, surrogacy agreements, paternity and maternity. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- Registration: means the process by which vital records are completed, filed and incorporated into the official records of the department. See Connecticut General Statutes 7-36
- Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
(b) The department shall restrict access to and issuance of certified copies of acknowledgments of paternity and acknowledgments of parentage as provided in section 19a-42a.