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Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department ofSubagency 0059 - Vital Records Services
Chapter 4 - SUBSTITUTION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES
Section 4-1 - Adoptions

048-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-1

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Current through April 27, 2019
Section 4-1 - Adoptions

(a) A new certificate of birth shall be prepared by the State Registrar of Vital Records for a child born in this state upon receipt of the following:

  • (i) An adoption report submitted on a form prescribed and supplied by Vital Records Services or a form supplied by another state which contains the information needed to file a new birth certificate in compliance with these rules. The report must include:
    • (A) Information needed to locate the original birth certificate;
    • (B) Information required to complete the new birth certificate;
    • (C) The signature of the clerk of the court that issued the decree, attesting to the date the final decree was issued.
  • (ii) A certified copy of an adoption decree from the court. One certified copy of the original decree shall be furnished for each child adopted.

(b) All information in the report of adoption and the adoption decree relative to the child to be adopted shall be consistent with the information on the original birth certificate.

(c) The new certificate of birth shall be on the form in use at the time of birth, if possible, and shall include the following items and other information required on the certificate:

  • (i) The name of the child as ordered in the decree;
  • (ii) The date and city and county of birth as indicated on the original certificate;
  • (iii) The names of the adoptive parents as stated in the decree. In the case of a stepparent adoption, the information on the natural parent is the same as on the original birth certificate;
  • (iv) In the case of a single parent adoption, information for one parent only shall be shown.
  • (v) The name of the attendant and registrar as listed on the original birth certificate;
  • (vi) The state file number that was assigned to the original certificate;
  • (vii) The original filing date.

(d) After preparation of the new certificate, the existing certificate and the evidence upon which the new certificate was issued are to be placed in a special sealed file. This file can only be opened for examination and issuance of copies of the material filed therein, upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order from the court which issued the decree of adoption, a Wyoming district court, or a federal court; or by the State Registrar for purposes of properly administering the vital records program. Only those materials specified by the court order may be copied and issued.

048-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-1