Amy's Home

I am glad to let you all know that Amy is back home after surgery. She is understandably tired and will return to her "post" in another day or so...

In the meantime, here's an update on adoption legislation on the Michigan OBC bills:

Senate bill #0592

June 19, 2007, Introduced by Senators OLSHOVE, BARCIA, JANSEN, JACOBS, PAPPAGEORGE, HARDIMAN and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services.

http://www.legislat ure.mi.gov/ (S(lgxthr55xyluc oafo340ahnj) )/mileg.aspx? page=getobject&objectname=2007- SB-0592&queryid=18541853

Or http://tinyurl. com/39w6j5

Companion House bill #4896

June 12, 2007, Sponsors: Lisa Wojno (primary), Frank Accavitti, Fred Miller, Andy Meisner
Referred to Committee on Families and Children's Services


http://www.legislat ure.mi.gov/ (S(lgxthr55xyluc oafo340ahnj) )/mileg.aspx? page=getobject&objectname=2007- HB-4896&queryid=18541906

Or http://tinyurl. com/yunlt2

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A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

"Public health code,"

by amending section 2832 (MCL 333.2832), as amended by 1996 PA 307,

and by adding section 2832a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 2832. (1) When a new certificate of live birth is

established, the actual place and date of birth shall be shown. The

new certificate shall be substituted for the original certificate

of live birth. Thereafter, the original certificate and the

evidence of adoption or sex designation are not subject to

inspection except as otherwise provided in section 2832A OR 2882(2)

or (3) or upon a court order. Evidence in support of other birth

record changes is subject to inspection as provided in sections

2882 and 2883.



(2) Upon receipt of notice of annulment of adoption or a copy

of an order of rescission, the original certificate of live birth

shall be restored to its place in the files. The certificate

created under subsection (1) is not subject to inspection except

upon a court order.

(3) If a certificate of live birth is not on file for the

individual for whom a new live birth certificate is to be

established under section 2831, a new live birth certificate may be

prepared on the delayed birth certificate form in use at the time

of adoption, legitimation, or paternity determination.

(4) When a new certificate of live birth is established by the

state registrar, all copies of the original certificate of birth in

the custody of a custodian of permanent records in this state shall

be sealed from inspection or forwarded to the state registrar, as

the state registrar directs.

SEC. 2832A. (1) AN ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS BORN IN THIS

STATE AND WHO IS 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MAY OBTAIN A CERTIFIED

COPY OF HIS OR HER ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH THAT WAS

SEALED FROM INSPECTION UNDER SECTION 2832. UPON RECEIPT OF A

WRITTEN APPLICATION, THE STATE REGISTRAR SHALL ISSUE TO THE ADOPTED

INDIVIDUAL A CERTIFIED COPY OF HIS OR HER ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF

LIVE BIRTH. A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

PROVIDED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE THE PHRASE PRESCRIBED IN

SECTION 2882(4) MARKED ON THE FACE OF THE COPY. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE

PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THE PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO AN APPLICANT

FOR A CERTIFIED COPY OF LIVE BIRTH UNDER THIS PART AND THE FEES

PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 2891 APPLY TO AN ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL WHO



REQUESTS A CERTIFIED COPY OF HIS OR HER ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF

LIVE BIRTH UNDER THIS SECTION.

(2) AT ANY TIME, A BIRTH PARENT OF AN ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL WHO

WAS BORN IN THIS STATE MAY SUBMIT TO THE STATE REGISTRAR A CONTACT

PREFERENCE FORM. UPON RECEIPT OF A CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM FROM A

BIRTH PARENT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE STATE REGISTRAR SHALL MATCH

THE CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM WITH THE ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL'S SEALED

RECORD AND SHALL FILE THE CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM WITH THE ORIGINAL

CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH THAT WAS SEALED FROM INSPECTION UNDER

SECTION 2832. A CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY

A BIRTH PARENT TO THE STATE REGISTRAR UNDER THIS SUBSECTION IS

CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL BE PLACED IN THE ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL'S SEALED

FILE UNTIL ISSUED AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION. IF A CERTIFIED

COPY OF AN ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL'S ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

IS ISSUED UNDER SUBSECTION (1), THE STATE REGISTRAR SHALL ALSO

ISSUE TO THE ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL A COPY OF THE CONTACT PREFERENCE

FORMS IN THE FILE AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL

PRESCRIBE THE CONTACT PREFERENCE FORM, WHICH FORM SHALL INCLUDE THE

FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO BE COMPLETED AT THE OPTION OF THE BIRTH

PARENT:

(A) I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED.

(B) I WOULD PREFER TO BE CONTACTED ONLY THROUGH A CONFIDENTIAL

INTERMEDIARY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 68B OF CHAPTER X OF THE PROBATE

CODE OF 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.68B.

(C) I PREFER NOT TO BE CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. IF I DECIDE

LATER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED, I WILL REGISTER WITH THE

CENTRAL ADOPTION REGISTRY ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 27B OF CHAPTER



X OF THE PROBATE CODE OF 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.27B. I HAVE

COMPLETED AN UPDATED MEDICAL HISTORY AS PART OF THIS CONTACT

PREFERENCE FORM.