Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS I
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fleoaable WI A. Davis
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Stat4 Board of 3Ualth Awtln, 2um
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is.aAy, v1tb the rdopU0n doares at th4 Court ma sadh~alad~aluigemeyba opened on.Q uponorder OS a .Courb of ~30~4.. Upon reolotpt of BQW of eanul- nient of crdapfioa;*o6ld R4 Lstrar oi Vftal btatlrticr -31 rc8tors tha origina napw al tha ah&Ad rpd ?.he $
Aolwl QP hi.8 neturol prrent8 or pzwlt to t&a rcacmi of birth OS euch ahild. Pravldwl furSher that e4optIon rarba uacler sr28tlng 18u pior to tize p8r98g4 of W8 Aot, wey be Ngf8t4F44 *it& the Bwoau OS VAtal Statiotlos upera svor~ appli68tm4 of sither adaptlvo parent or guardlea of the aQepW3 on4 eddr-48894 OS the aatula ouM, shou th4 Aam parantai ff knmm, or of the ahibId' next k&n, She Qate of bLrth aa4 the noptQ OS ruab ahiLd before ud attar l t%qtimr, the nma8 an4 ad4romses of foeter goats, to@hdmX’ Wi+& proof Of adopt;lC#, either bT cartLI;ed copy c# the reatml of the aStidwit OS aQoptiori, or the Court or&r OS auoptlon.’
'phfo 58 the only prevtsror~ ot our Mv permlttlag a roglstretton suah 810 the on@ aolrt@apUtsd by the oertlfiaats eubaltte4. TtaWwly cont45plaScr a legal 44aptio~, anblays doVn apeaitio awquirswsnt;s whzoh Pwt be fulSil&d prior to the regZetration. '&a certifti64t,o rubritted doe8 not SuUiU thaw r4wlrom6rst8, It L8 not a aertifisd oupy of an osiw of sdop- tiOA, &OF 18 it [0] SVOl-A 8ppli6asiOA at 4~thrr adO<~VO m4At or guar<llm OS ths 846pteQ saJild, 8hoViag "?&w zuk@M aad ad- dre8w8 QS the mtural parsxitofs, if Imaun, ar of the awl4@8 ~clxt k3.q the date of bLrtb aad tha nbm of rush ahIld BISore and after adoption, the wunao and Oddro88os OX Somter pawnts, together With oi adoptlea." proof
Xt 1s tbercrfars ow opinion that t&4 birth aert%ff- oote suba+tted should Aot be noospted by tha State Reg.IrtHw En lieu of the osrtlfled aopy of e4aptioo Qooree provtded for bg 6aiQ pknagrqih 26 of Rule &7a, ktlalo 4477, V. R. C. f).
ln vlcw of our anuwur to your Sir& gwrtian, it be- cozeu unnecessary to answer ths second.
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