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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 550. Board of Health Regulations Governing Vital Records
12/3/2024

12VAC5-550-290. Legitimation.

If the biological parents of a child shall marry after the birth of a child, a new certificate of birth may be prepared by the State Registrar for a child born in Virginia provided that the name of another man is not shown as the father on the original certificate. An affidavit of paternity, executed subsequent to the birth of the child, by both biological parents and a certified copy of the parents' marriage record must be in the possession of the State Registrar together with a request that a new certificate be prepared. If another man is so listed, a new certificate may be prepared only if a determination of paternity shall be ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to § 20-49.8 of the Code of Virginia. If the mother was married at the time of the child's birth or in the 10 months next preceding, the State Registrar will not accept the acknowledgment of paternity form. A new certificate may be prepared only if a determination of paternity shall be ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to § 20-49.8 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-250 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR355-29-100 § 9.2, eff. April 1, 1995; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 26, eff. October 8, 2003.

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