Baby Birth Certificate Michigan
Michigan law limits who can receive a certified copy of a michigan certificate of stillbirth to the parent named on the certificate or a court of competent jurisdiction court order required.
Baby birth certificate michigan. We recently adopted a child but have not yet received a birth certificate in our child s name. Your baby s birth certificate the goal of the university of michigan von voigtlander women s hospital is to make sure that your baby s birth certificate is complete correct and available to you as soon as possible after delivery. We also have affidavits of parentage that were filed in the central paternity registry since june 1 1997 affidavit of parentage records filed prior to that date would need to be obtained from the court where they were filed. 3 if the name of the child s father cannot be shown under subsection 1 or 2 the child shall be given the surname designated by the mother.
You will receive a birth certificate worksheet information form from your nurse at the hospital. I live in michigan and wish to adopt a child from another country. Birth records prior to 1935 are available in person or by mail only. This authenticated record is printed on special safety paper and contains a raised embossed seal.
What is the process. Birth records are available from 1867 to present. The state of michigan vital records office has records of births deaths and marriages that occurred in michigan and were filed with the state as early as 1867 and divorce records as early as 1897. At your local michigan department of health and human services office.
The michigan vital records office issues certificates of stillbirth that occurred in michigan with information filed after june 1 2003 with the state. Online complete the affidavit of parentage form. A certified birth certificate that contains an apostille. Certified copies of birth certificates are available for events that occurred in oakland county.
Birth records are restricted for 100 years. Paternity can still be established at a later date for no charge but a fee is required to add the father s name to the birth certificate. Birth records less than 100 years old are restricted in michigan and you must prove eligibility in order to request one. About birth records in michigan michigan birth records are managed by the michigan department of community health.
At the local county registrar s office. During the restriction period birth records can only be obtained by the registrant parent legal guardian legal representative or an heir if the registrant is deceased. All copies issued by this office are certified copies and serve as an original document.