An Act Regarding Changing the Designation of a Parent on the Birth Certificate of an Adult
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2705, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 585, §1, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2767, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 585, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §2767-A is enacted to read:
§ 2767-A. Amendment of birth certificate of adult
(1) A notarized report of the results of the DNA testing; and
(2) Notarized documentation of the chain of custody of the blood and tissue samples examined in the testing.
The testing must be of a type generally acknowledged as reliable by accreditation bodies designated by the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services, and it must be performed by a laboratory approved by an accreditation body designated by the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Summary
This bill repeals the current law governing amendment of the birth certificate of an adult and creates a process for amending an adult's birth certificate when genetic testing identifies a parent who was not known or listed at the time of the adult's birth and the genetic parent to be named on the amended birth certificate either consents in writing to the amendment or is deceased. The bill provides that amendment of a birth certificate without the consent of the genetic parent to be named on the amended birth certificate does not affect the rights of inheritance or descent.