The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5077a)
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§ 5077a. New birth certificate due to parentage nomenclature on former report of birth form
(a) If a parent of a person born in this State was unable to be listed as a parent on
the person’s birth certificate due to the lack of gender-neutral nomenclature on former
report of birth forms provided by the Department of Health, and the person or the
person’s parent submits sufficient proof of parentage to the State Registrar, the
State Registrar shall complete the birth certificate in the Statewide Registration
System. If the State Registrar denies an application under this subsection, the applicant
may petition the Probate Division of the Superior Court, which shall review the application
and relevant evidence de novo to determine if the issuance of a new birth certificate
is warranted. If the court issues a decree ordering the issuance of a new birth certificate,
the State Registrar shall update the System in accordance with the decree. The State
Registrar shall record in the System the identity of the person requesting the new
certificate, the nature and content of the change, the person who made the change,
and the date of the change. The State Registrar shall issue a new birth certificate
from the System that shall not contain the word “Amended” or other special designation,
and shall notify the town clerk or clerks with custody of the certificate, who shall
replace the original with the new certificate and update indexes as directed by the
State Registrar. The town clerk or clerks shall send the original to the State Registrar,
who shall keep it confidential.
(b), (c) [Repealed.] (Added 2013, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2017, No. 46, § 27, eff. July 1, 2019.)