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(2)  THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS.

(3)  THE ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL, IF AN ADULT.

(D)  FORM OF NEW CERTIFICATE.

A NEW CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH SHALL BE PREPARED ON THE
FOLLOWING BASIS:

(1)  THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE TREATED AS HAVING AT
BIRTH THE STATUS THAT LATER IS ACQUIRED OR ESTABLISHED AND
OF WHICH PROOF IS SUBMITTED.

(2)  IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ILLEGITIMATE AND
PATERNITY IS ESTABLISHED BY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, THE NAME OF
THE FATHER SHALL BE INSERTED.

(3)  IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS ADOPTED, THE NAME OF
THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE THAT SET BY THE DECREE OF ADOPTION,
AND THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS SHALL BE RECORDED AS THE PARENTS OF
THE INDIVIDUAL.

(E)  SUBSTITUTION FOR ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE.

(1)  IF A NEW CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH IS MADE, THE
SECRETARY SHALL:

(I)  SUBSTITUTE THE NEW CERTIFICATE OF
BIRTH FOR ANY CERTIFICATE THEN ON FILE; AND

(II)  PLACE THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF
BIRTH AND ALL RECORDS THAT RELATE TO THE NEW CERTIFICATE OF
BIRTH UNDER SEAL.

(2)  THE SEAL MAY BE BROKEN ONLY:

(I)  ON ORDER OF A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION; OR

(II)  IF IT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE RECORD, ON WRITTEN ORDER OF A
DESIGNEE OF THE SECRETARY.

(3)  A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH
THAT LATER IS ISSUED SHALL BE A COPY OF THE NEW CERTIFICATE
OF BIRTH, UNLESS A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION ORDERS
THE ISSUANCE OF A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH.

(F)  ADOPTION OR PATERNITY DECREE.

EACH CLERK OF COURT SHALL SEND TO THE SECRETARY, ON THE
FORM THAT THE SECRETARY PROVIDES, A REPORT OF:

(1) EACH DECREE OF ADOPTION OR ADJUDICATION OF
PATERNITY THAT THE COURT ENTERS; AND