The address of the out of state vital statistics offices can be obtained from the Adoption Services Branch.To obtain the new birth certificate for a child born out of state, the Circuit court clerk sends the VS-102 with the appropriate fee to the vital statistics office in the child’s state of birth.The new birth certificate is then issued.

The fee for the new birth certificate and request for a copy may be forwarded to the Division of Vital Statistics by the Circuit court clerk with the VS-102 form, or separately by the petitioner’s attorney or by the petitioners themselves.

After the adoption judgment has been granted, the Circuit court clerk sends the completed VS-102 form with the child’s adoptive name and the names of the adoptive parents to the Division of Vital Statistics in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

The child’s original birth certificate is sealed from the date of the judgment of adoption and can only be released through court order.

The new birth certificate is issued in the child’s adoptive name, listing the adoptive parent as the child’s parents and indicating the adoptive parent’s county of residence as the child’s county of birth.

If the adopted child was born in Kentucky, the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics prepares a new birth certificate upon receipt of notice from the Circuit court clerk that the adoption has been legalized.

Obtaining the adopted child’s new birth certificate:

Cabinet staff can not recommend a specific attorney or law firm for purposes of finalizing an adoption.

An explanation that the DPP-215 Consent to the Adoption is filed with the report to the court after completion of the post-placement services.

A certified copy of the order and judgment terminating parental rights after the child's name and date of birth have been verified 1.

The FSOS provides the following information to the adoptive family’s attorney for DCBS children for whom a DPP-195 Adoptive Placement Agreement has been signed by all applicable parties:.

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