Sec. 7-54. Certification of birth registration or certificate of foreign birth for person born outside of the country and adopted by a state resident. Application and decree re change of biological ag
Sec. 7-54. Certification of birth registration or certificate of foreign birth for
person born outside of the country and adopted by a state resident. Application
and decree re change of biological age and date of birth. (a) The department shall
prepare a certification of birth registration or a certificate of foreign birth for any person
born outside of the country and adopted by a resident of this state, provided (1) an
authenticated and exemplified copy of the order of adoption of the court of the district
in which the adoption proceedings were had, or such other evidence as is considered
satisfactory by the probate court for the district in which such person resides, is filed
with such probate court, and (2) such probate court notifies the department that such
copy or satisfactory evidence has been so filed. Such certification of birth registration
shall contain only the adopted name, sex, date of birth, place of birth and date of preparation of such certification of birth registration by the department. Such certificate of
foreign birth shall contain the adopted name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, legal name
of adoptive parent or parents and date of preparation of such certificate of foreign birth.
No certification of birth registration or certificate of foreign birth shall be prepared by
the department unless upon specific written request of the person to whom the certification of birth registration relates, if over sixteen years of age, or of the adopting parent
or parents or the probate court for the district in which the adoption proceedings were
had. When the department has prepared such certificate of birth registration or certificate
of foreign birth, copies thereof shall be issued by the department in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of section 7-52.
(b) The adoptive parent or parents of an adopted person born outside of the country
and adopted by a resident of this state, or such adopted person if eighteen years of age
or older, may apply to the probate court for the district in which the adopted person
resides for a determination of the biological age and date of birth of the adopted person.
The probate court shall hold a hearing on the application and receive medical and other
evidence relevant to the issue of biological age and date of birth of the adopted person.
After such hearing, the probate court may issue a decree to establish the biological age
and date of birth of the adopted person. If the biological age and date of birth established
in the decree is different from the biological age and date of birth in the certification of
birth registration or a certificate of foreign birth, the probate court shall provide a certified copy of the decree to the department. Any certification of birth registration or certificate of foreign birth issued by the department pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
after the date the department receives such decree shall reflect the date of birth in such
decree.
(1949 Rev., S. 574; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 6; P.A. 75-170, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 81-190; P.A. 85-326; P.A.
87-148, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-98; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 16; P.A. 03-247, S. 2; P.A.
07-115, S. 1.)
History: 1972 act changed age of majority from 21 to 18 years; P.A. 75-170 required certification upon request of court
of probate in district where adoption proceedings took place; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of health services for
department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-190 allowed the department of health services to prepare a
certification of birth registration for any person born outside the country and adopted in this state for whom the country
of birth will not furnish a substituted birth certificate; P.A. 85-326 made issuance of certification of birth registration
mandatory rather than optional and deleted provision re substituted birth certificate from state or country of birth; P.A.
87-148 added provisions re adoptions in other states, substituted "authenticated and exemplified" for "certified" and
substituted "probate court" for "department of health services" re repository for evidence; P.A. 89-98 removed language
which limited the requirement for preparation of birth certificates to persons who were adopted in Connecticut or in another
state by residents of Connecticut; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health
and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and
Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 changed
required minimum age of requesting person to whom certification of birth registration relates from 18 to 16 and made
technical changes; P.A. 03-247 amended section to add provisions re preparation of certificate of foreign birth for any
person born outside of the country and adopted by residents of the state, to require that certificate contain adopted name,
sex, date of birth, place of birth, legal name of adoptive parents and date of preparation of such certificate, to eliminate
requirement for certification of birth registration for persons born outside of the state and adopted by residents of the state,
to change reference to Sec. 7-52 to Sec. 7-52(a), and to make a technical change; P.A. 07-115 designated existing provisions
as Subsec. (a), inserted Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and made technical changes therein, and added Subsec. (b) re
application to probate court and decree by the court re establishment of biological age and date of birth and reflection
thereof in subsequently issued registrations or certificates.