9:17-59 - Amended birth record - New Jersey Statutes

9:17-59.  Amended birth record
    a.  Upon order of a court of this State or upon request of a court of another state, the local registrar of vital statistics shall prepare an amended  birth record consistent with the findings of the court.

    b.  The fact that the father and child relationship was declared after the child's birth shall not be ascertainable from the amended birth record, but the  actual place and date of birth shall be shown.

    c.  The evidence upon which the amended birth record was made and the original birth certificate shall be kept in a sealed and confidential file and be subject to inspection only upon consent of the court and all interested persons, or in exceptional cases only upon an order of the court for compelling  reasons clearly and convincingly shown.

     L.1983, c. 17, s. 22.