Statutes, codes, and regulations
Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department ofSubagency 0059 - Vital Records Services
Chapter 4 - SUBSTITUTION OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES
Section 4-5 - Foreign Born Adoptions

048-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-5

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Current through April 27, 2019
Section 4-5 - Foreign Born Adoptions

The State Registrar may prepare a new birth certificate for a child born in a foreign country who has been adopted by persons who were residents of Wyoming at the time of the adoption.

(a) The adoption decree must have been issued by a Wyoming court.

(b) The certificate will be on a form approved by the State Registrar.

(c) The following information shall be shown on each certificate:

  • (i) The name of the child as shown in the decree;
  • (ii) The date and place of birth as indicated by the decree and/or report of adoption;
  • (iii) The names and personal particulars of the adoptive parent(s) or of the natural parent if a stepparent adoption;
  • (iv) Documents upon which the new certificate is based.

(d) The certificate shall be filed and numbered separately from certificates of persons born in this state.

(e) Upon completion of the new birth certificate the evidence upon which it has been based is to be placed in a special file. The file may be examined only upon receipt of an order of a Wyoming district court or a federal court.

048-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-5