The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-07
CHAPTER 1909

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and Duties of the State Bureau of
Vital Statistics. and Providing for
the Entry in the Records of Said
Bureau of Judgments and DEGREES
Relating to the Paternity or Provid-
ing for the Adoption of Persons
Whose Birth Shall Have Been Pre-
viously Registered in Said Bureau,
and Authorizing the State Registrar
of Vital Statistics to Seal Records
Substituted Certificates of Birth in
Cases of Legitimization or Adoption.
and to issues copies thereof, and GER
tificated relating thereto.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
The State of Florida:
Sec. l. That whenever the State
Registrar of Vital Statistics shall
have received and filed proofs es-
tablishing to his satisfaction that (a)
the parents of a person whose birth
has been previously registered by
the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the
State of Flroida have inter-married
subsequent to the birth of such per-
son. or (b) that a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction has entered a judg-
ment or decree finally determining
the parentage of any person to be
other than as registered, or Co that
court OF competent jurisdiction
has entered judgment or decree au-
thorizlng and providing for the
adoption of a person whose birth has
been previously registered, then, in
such case. and in every such case,
the State Registrar of Vital Statis-
tics may enter upon an appropriate
recrod of said Bureau the facts so
found by him. and make and file a
new certificate of birth upon the APP
pllcatlon of any interested person
and the submission to him of a GER
tilted copy of such judgment or de-
cree issued by court of competent
jurisdiction. Such new certificate of
birth shall be in such form as shall
be prescribed by the State Board of
Health of the State of Florida, and
shall be prepared upon the basis of
the status of such person, subse-
quently acquired or established as
shown by the records of said Bu-
reau as amended or supplemented as
aforesaid; provided, however, that
IN every case of adoption, the par
ents named in such new certificate
of birth. shall be affirmatively shown
to be adaptive parents. When the
person named in such certificate is
illegitimate and paternity has been
established by Judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction, the State
Registrar of Vital Statistics, upon
the filing of a certified copy of the
judgment and judicial proceedings
upon which said adjudication shall
be based, and such other proofs as
may be required by him, may enter
upon the records of said Bureau the
name of the father as determined
by such judgment and approved by
said Registrar. Whenever any per-
son who's birth is registered in said
State Bureau of Vital Statistics shall
have been adopted under and pur-
suant to judicial proceedings in a
court of competent jurisdiction by
any other person or persons and the
name of such adopted person shall
be fixed by the decree of adoption or
by other judicial proceedings. the
name fixed by such decree or pro-
ceedlngs shall be used in any new
or amended registration certificate.
The person or persons adopting such
other person shall be recorded as the
adaptive parents of the adopted per-
son.
Sec. 2. That when a new certificate
of birth is made. the State Registrar
shall substitute the new certificate
of birth for that on file in the State
Bureau of Vital Statistics of the
State Board of Health, and shall
place the original certificate of birth
under seal, not to be broken or CD
ened except by decree. judgment or
order of a court of competent iuris-
dlctlon; or at the instance and re-
quest of the person whose birth is
the subject of the said certificate
OF birth; provided, however. that be-
fore any such person shall be en-
titled to have the seal broken and
the record opened without order of
court, he or she shall first identify
himself or herself to the satisfaction
of the State Registrar. Thereafter
when a certified copy of the GER
tlticate of birth of such person is
issued 1t shall be copy of the new
certificate of birth, except when an
order. judment or decree of a court
OF competent jurisdiction shall re-
cure the issuance of a copy or GER
tined copy of the original certificate
OF oirth. or except when such copy
or the original certificate shall be
requested by the person whose birth
Is the subject of the said certificate,
such person having first furnished
satisfactory evidence of identity as
is hereinabove provided.
Sec. 3. All laws or parts of laws
in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed. and this act shall take effect
Immediately upon its becoming a
law.
Approved by the Governor May Is.
1889. 80.
CHAPTER 1902
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 12,050,
General Laws of Florida. Approved
June 6. 1927, Entitled IAN Act to
Prevent the Introduction into and