10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 12

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 146-2-12 - AMENDMENT OF SAME ITEM MORE THAN ONCE

Except as specified below, once an amendment of an item is made on a vital record, that item shall not be amended again except upon receipt of a court order from a court of competent jurisdiction.

A. Addition of Given Names

Additional names may be added to the birth certificate at any time, in accordance with section 8 of this chapter.

B. Legal Changes of Name

Legal name changes may be entered at any time, in accordance with section 10 of this chapter.

C. Medical Examiner Cases

Death certificates in medical examiner cases may be completed or amended at any time in accordance with section 4 of this chapter.

D. Adoptions

1. Items on post-adoption birth certificates which were not changed by the adoption decree may be corrected in accordance with sections 3 and 5 of this chapter. Any other changes may be made only upon receipt of a court order or an amended adoption decree.

2. Annotations on post-adoption birth certificates indicating which items were changed by the adoption decree shall be deleted upon the request of the adopted person, if 18 years or age or older, or the adoptive parents of a minor adopted person.

E. Other Court Order

Any information which has been amended pursuant to a court order may be further amended only in response to another court order or to an amendment of the original order.

10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 2, § 12