Session of 1998
                   
SENATE BILL No. 636
         
By Committee on Judiciary
         
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            9             AN ACT concerning adoption; relating to birth certificates; amending
10             K.S.A. 59-2119 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-2423 and repealing the ex-
11             isting sections.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14           Section 1. K.S.A. 59-2119 is hereby amended to read as follows:
15       59-2119. The district court shall report the adoption to the state registrar
16       of vital statistics. The report shall include an order to the state registrar
17       not to order issuance of a supplementary certificate of birth in the new
18       name of the adopted person with the names of the adoptive parents as
19       provided in K.S.A. 65-2423 and amendments thereto, when the court de-
20       termines that it is in the best interests of the child that the original cer-
21       tificate of birth remain in effect.
22           Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-2423 is hereby amended to read as
23       follows: 65-2423. (a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 59-2119 and amend-
24       ments thereto, in cases of adoption the state registrar upon receipt of a
25       certified decree of adoption, or a similar document or documents which
26       evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign country, and the
27       report of adoption form shall prepare a supplementary certificate in the
28       new name of the adopted person and seal and file the original certificate
29       of birth with such certified copy attached thereto. Such sealed documents
30       may be opened by the state registrar only upon the demand of the
31       adopted person if of legal age or by an order of court. Upon receipt of a
32       certified copy of a court order of annulment of adoption the state registrar
33       shall restore the original certificate to its original place in the files.
34           (b) For any child born in a foreign country but adopted in Kansas or
35       born and adopted in a foreign country and such adoption is filed and
36       entered pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2144, and amendments thereto, the state
37       registrar, upon request, shall complete and register a birth certificate
38       upon receipt of a certified copy of the decree of adoption, or a similar
39       document or documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in
40       the foreign country, the report of adoption form and proof of the date
41       and place of the child's birth. The certificate shall show the new name of
42       the child as specified in the decree of adoption, or a similar document or
43       documents which evidences finalization of the adoption in the foreign

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  1       country, and such further information concerning the adopting parents
  2       as may be necessary to complete the birth certificate. The certificate shall
  3       show the true country of birth and the date of birth of the child, and that
  4       the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship.
  5           Sec. 3. K.S.A. 59-2119 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 65-2423 are hereby
  6       repealed.
  7           Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
  8       publication in the statute book.
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