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Application for new birth record.§ 63.152

Chapter 63 · Adoption · 2026 Florida Statutes

1 opinion cite § 63.152

  1. Guardian ad Litem Program v. T.M. 2D22-2501 · 2nd DCA 2022

    Reversed & remanded This opinion cites § 63.152 1 time, the section generally

    Supplemental adjudication reversed because the trial court wrongly refused to consider on the merits the guardian ad litem's rule 8.270 challenge to a birth-certificate parent's status.

    …certificate as required by this section must be as to the child's birth parents unless and until an application for a new birth record is made under s. 63.152. . . . If the mother is married at the time of birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the birth certificate as the father of the child."…

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Within 30 days after entry of a judgment of adoption, the clerk of the court or the adoption entity shall transmit a certified statement of the entry to the state registrar of vital statistics on a form provided by the registrar. A new birth record containing the necessary information supplied by the certificate shall be issued by the registrar on application of the adopting parents or the adopted person.

History. s. 15, ch. 73-159; s. 5, ch. 90-309; s. 29, ch. 2003-58; s. 19, ch. 2012-81.