When a person is adopted, does the birthcertificate change?

Question

Im a step parent who is wondering if I do a step parent adoption for my son, will his birth certificate change? His birth mother doesnt want any contact with him.

Answer 1

Yes, it will change.  Depending on the type of adoption that you do you will either have one or two.  The type of adoption we are doing...the original will be a "closed document" until our child reaches a certain age for it to be disclosed only to him.

Answer 2

My birth certificate was sealed and a new one issued claiming I am the product of the union of two infertile people.  I suspect this is part of why so many adoptees my age grew up feeling we were somehow not real.

Answer 3

his original birth certificate will be sealed and he'll be issued a new one that says you're his mother of birth.

yeah, that REALLY deserved a thumbs down...thanks noodles

Answer 4

In my state is does. It reflects the adoptive parents name, age, and city

Answer 5

Yes, the actual "BIRTH" info is removed / changed. Which in my opinion totally voids the fact that its a BIRTH certificate.  At birth a child is born to a child from a mother, and father, given a name.  At adoption, they receive new family with a new name, it seems like it'd be more legal to issue a certificate of adoption showing the name change.  But - that's a birth parent's view.

Answer 6

I am not sure how it works with step parent adoption, but I would assume that it works the same as adoption.  When we finalized the adoption of our son, we were issued a new birth certificate for him listing our names as parents.  It still listed "where" he was born but his bio parents' names were not on the paperwork.

Answer 7

Yes, it's exactly as Gershom said.

(Don't worry Gersh hon I got your back) Thumbs Up Girlfriend!!

Answer 8

I'm an adoptee in TX, and mine did. I have 2 birth certificates. One from when I was born, showing no father. The second shows my father as the man who adopted me.

Answer 9

mine did. my old name was blacked out and a different one put in. as well as the parents name.