- (a) When a supplemental certificate of birth is prepared and filed based on adoption or paternity determination, a copy of the supplemental birth certificate shall be forwarded to each local registration official in whose office is recorded the original birth record of such child.
- (b) Wherever possible, the local registration official shall remove from his or her files the original birth record and forward it to the bureau. Where it is not possible to remove the original birth record, the local registration official shall cancel such record in such manner as to preclude the disclosure of any information contained therein. In its place he or she shall substitute the supplemental certificate of birth.
- (c) A certificate of adoption for a child born outside the State of Texas shall, when received by the bureau be forwarded to the proper registration official of the state or territory in which such birth occurred. (For foreign adoptions, see §181.29 of this title (relating to Foreign Adoptions)).
(d) Where application is made for the filing of a supplemental certificate based on paternity, the applicant shall submit to the bureau an Application for Amended Birth Certificate Based on Paternity (VS-166) signed by both parents in the presence of a Notary Public, and:
- (1) a certified copy of the certificate of marriage indicating the subsequent marriage of the parents; or
- (2) an Acknowledgment of Paternity (VS-159.1) if an Acknowledgment of Paternity is not already in the bureau files; or
- (3) a certified copy of the court decree establishing paternity if the information concerning the court decree is not already in the bureau files. If a court decree is in the bureau files, the Application for Amended Birth Certificate Based on Paternity only has to be signed by one of the parents in the presence of a Notary Public.
- (e) Voluntary Paternity must have a written consent of both parents.
Source Note:The provisions of this §181.8 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective August 9, 1998, 23 TexReg 7809; amended to be effective July 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 4904.