Successful adoptions mean the adoptive child will be issued a new birth certificate from the Registry of Births & Deaths, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
Children can apply to see their adoption file when they achieve adulthood, and this will disclose the identity of their biological parents. Adoptive parents who the court awards an unconditional order, may change the child's name if they wish by deed poll; they don't have to keep the name given by the birth parents.