Louisiana Children’s Code 1283.16 – Change of name; issuance of birth certificate
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1283.16
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Children's Code 1281.3
- Foreign orphan: means a child living in a Non-Hague Convention country (a) who is under the age of sixteen at the time a Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, is filed on his behalf and who is found by the Department of State or United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to meet the definition of "orphan" under Section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 USC 1101(b)(1)(F)); or (b) who is under the age of eighteen and is a biological sibling of a child previously adopted by the same applicant(s) who is petitioning on his behalf. See Louisiana Children's Code 1281.3
The full name of the adopted child may be changed in the final decree of foreign orphan adoption and, if changed, the surname shall be the same as that of the adoptive parent. In accordance with La. Rev. Stat. 40:79, the clerk of court shall forward, on a form supplied by the Department of Children and Family Services, his certificate of the decree to the state registrar, who shall make a new certificate of live birth of the person adopted in the new name if the name has been changed in the decree.
Acts 1999, No. 1268, §1; Acts 2013, No. 86, §1.