RESPONSIBILITY OF ATTORNEY AFTER ENTRY OF DECREE

(a) To obtain new birth certificate for individual. It shall be the responsibility of the attorney to assist the petitioners in obtaining the amended birth certificate for the individual evidencing the legal relationship of the individual to the adoptive parents. (b) To distribute copies. The court may authorize, for immigration, naturalization, allotment and other valid purposes, the issuance of copies of findings of fact and conclusions of law and decrees which shall be given to the attorney for forwarding to the adoptive parents. Copies authorized for filing in termination proceedings or with the department of human services or other agency entitled thereto shall be forwarded by the clerk of the court to the attorney unless otherwise ordered. (Amended March 30, 2022, effective April 25, 2022.)