North Dakota Code 23-02.1-17 – Court reports of adoption
1. For each adoption 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. The report must include such facts as are necessary to locate and identify the birth record for the person adopted; provide information necessary to establish a new birth record for the person adopted; and must identify the order of adoption and be certified by the clerk of court.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 23-02.1-17
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
2. Information in the possession of the petitioner necessary to prepare the adoption report must be furnished with the petition for adoption by each petitioner for adoption or petitioner’s attorney. The department of health and human services or other persons concerned shall supply the court with such additional information as may be necessary to complete the report. The provision of such information is a prerequisite to the issuance of a final decree.
3. Whenever an adoption decree is amended or annulled, the clerk of court shall prepare a report thereof, which must include the facts necessary to identify the original adoption report and the facts amended in the adoption decree as are necessary to properly amend the birth record.
4. Not later than the fifth day of each calendar month, the clerk of court shall forward to the state registrar reports of decrees of adoptions, annulment of adoption, or amendments thereof entered in the preceding month, together with such related reports as the state registrar shall require.
5. When the state registrar shall receive a report of adoption or annulment of adoption or amendment thereof from a court for a person born in the United States but outside this state, such report must be forwarded to the appropriate registration authority in the state of birth.