1955 session laws – Ch.951 Sec.1

Subsection (a) of G. S. 48-29, as the same appears in the 1953 Cumulative Supplement of Volume 2A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by rewriting the subsection so that the same shall hereafter read as follows: 48-29. Change of Name; Report to State Registrar; New Birth Certificate to be Made(a) For proper cause shown the court may decree that the name of the child shall be changed to such name as may be prayed in the petition. When the name of any child is so changed, the court shall forthwith report such change to the Office of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health. Upon receipt of the report, the State Registrar of the Office of Vital Statistics shall prepare a new birth certificate for the child named in the report which shall contain the following information: Full adoptive name of child, sex, date of birth, race of adoptive parents, full name of adoptive father, full maiden name of adoptive mother, and such other pertinent information not inconsistent herewith as may be determined by the State Registrar. The city and county of residence of the adoptive parents at the time of the petition is filed shall be shown as the place of birth, and the names of the attending physician and the local registrar shall be omitted: Provided, that when the adoptive parents reside in another state at the time the petition is filed the city and county of birth of the child shall be the same on the new birth certificate as on the original certificate. No reference shall be made on the new 914 certificate to the adoption of the child, nor shall the adopting parents be referred to as foster parents.