IC 31-19-13
    Chapter 13. Establishment of New Birth Certificate FollowingAdoption

IC 31-19-13-1
New certificate of birth
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the statedepartment of health shall establish a new certificate of birth for anindividual born in Indiana upon a receipt of an official report that theindividual has been adopted.
    (b) The state department of health shall not establish a newcertificate of birth following an adoption if:
        (1) the court decreeing the adoption;
        (2) the adoptive parents; or
        (3) the adopted individual;
so requests.
    (c) A new certificate of birth established under this section mustshow the actual place and date of birth.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-13-2
Replacement of original registration of birth; filing; confidentiality
    Sec. 2. When a new certificate of birth is established followingadoption, the new certificate of birth replaces the original registrationof birth. The original registration of birth shall be filed with theevidence of adoption and withheld from inspection except:
        (1) for a child adopted by a stepparent; or
        (2) as provided in IC 31-19-17 through IC 31-19-24.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-13-3
Annulment or revocation of adoption; restoration of originalcertificate of birth
    Sec. 3. Upon receipt of a notice of annulment or revocation ofadoption, the original certificate of birth shall be restored.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.

IC 31-19-13-4
Seal or surrender of replaced certificate of birth
    Sec. 4. When the state department of health establishes a newcertificate of birth following an adoption, each local healthdepartment in Indiana having custody of the replaced certificate ofbirth shall:
        (1) seal the replaced certificate from inspection; or
        (2) surrender the replaced certificate to the state department ofhealth;
as the state department of health directs.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.