A home study is required by the statute so that the court may have information regarding the ability of the plaintiff to care for the child they seek to adopt. The birth certificate is amended after the final judgment of adoption is entered. The judgment is forwarded to the state where the child was born. A new birth certificate is issued showing the child's adoptive name and adoptive parents. The original birth certificate is sealed, not to be opened without court order.
Many people readopt in New Jersey in order to get a New Jersey birth certificate for the child.