1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Indiana department of health shall establish a new certificate of birth for an individual born in Indiana upon a receipt of an official report that the individual has been adopted.

2. (b) The Indiana department of health shall not establish a new certificate of birth following an adoption if:

   1. (1) the court decreeing the adoption;
   2. (2) the adoptive parents; or

   3. (3) the adopted individual;

      so requests.

3. (c) A new certificate of birth established under this section must show the actual place and date of birth.

   [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-1-12(e).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.287.