Changing birth certificate to adotive parent's name
Sandeep Thukral
(Querist) 23 March 2012
This query is : Resolved
Hi,
We have recently adopted a baby directly from the biological parents, based on a valid & registered adoption deed. We also are in possession of the original birth certificate of the child. What we'd like to do as a next step is to have a birth certificate in our name. How do we go about procuring this? Till now our "research" has thrown up different "responses" on this:
A.) "You cannot have a birth certificate issued in the adoptive parents name, the adoption deed is the equivalent of your birth certificate" (I found this most bizarre)
B.) "You WILL get a birth certificate, but it'll be mentioned there that you are the adoptive parents"
C.) "You won't get a birth certificate at all, what you'll get is a Succession Certificate for the child"(whatever that means)
We'd naturally want a birth certificate, as for any child, for various purposes including school admissions, and one that doesn't mentioned "adopted" on it. Like any other adoptive parents we'd like to use our judgment and have an option whether to let on to the child if he/she's adopted.
Any help here is greatly appreciated.
Shonee Kapoor
(Expert) 23 March 2012
You can not get birth certificate with adoptive parents name.
Regards,
Shonee Kapoor
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Sandeep Thukral
(Querist) 23 March 2012
Thanks for your post Shonee. I've heard this one before... but I just want to know what exactly are you basing this opinion on? Consider these links for example:
http://indiadoption.blogspot.in/2007/09/adoption-q-and-27-getting-dob.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Adopted-children-get-certified-status/articleshow/34560875.cms
which obviously tell a different story. What would you say to that?
Shonee Kapoor
(Expert) 28 March 2012
You are missing the point here. It just means that the adoptive child would have the same rights as the natural born children in the property of the adoptive parents, which include their ancestral property as well.
Where does it say that the name of the original parents can be amended.
Remember, the hospital sends the birth record to Registrar, so what would it say.... OK we performed delivery on such lady, but in future if the lady gives the child in adoption, we would be ready to depose that delivery was done by such and such lady.
Regards,
Shonee Kapoor
harassed.by.498a@gmail.com
Guest
(Expert) 29 March 2012
Parentage in Birth Certificates are never changed.
