Within 30 days after entry of a judgment of adoption, the clerk of the court or the adoption entity shall transmit a certified statement of the entry to the state registrar of vital statistics on a form provided by the registrar. A new birth record containing the necessary information supplied by the certificate shall be issued by the registrar on application of the adopting parents or the adopted person.
Fla. Stat. § 63.152
Application for new birth record
Known as the Florida Adoption Act
The act spans §§ 63–63 (51 sections).
History.--s. 15, ch. 73-159; s. 5, ch. 90-309; s. 29, ch. 2003-58; s. 19, ch. 2012-81.
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