(a) Upon the entry of a decree of adoption, the Clerk of the Family Court shall forward to the Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Vital Statistics, a report on the form provided for this purpose, which shall include the following information:

(1) Prior legal name of the child and his or her sex;

(2) Date and place of birth of the child;

(3) Name of the father as stated on the original birth certificate, if stated;

(4) If applicable, that father’s primary address and Social Security number;

(5) Maiden name of birth mother;

(6) Birth mother’s primary address and Social Security number;

(7) Child‘s name after adoption;

(8) Name of adoptive father, place and date of his birth, and his occupation;

(9) Maiden name of adoptive mother, place and date of her birth, and her occupation; and

(10) Address of adoptive parents.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 921

  • Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) If the adoptive child was born in another state, the Clerk of the Family Court in which the order was entered shall forward the same information to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, or like agency, in the state of the child’s birth.

Code 1935, § ?3551M; 48 Del. Laws, c. 134, § ?3; 13 Del. C. 1953, § ?921; 57 Del. Laws, c. 402, § ?2; 59 Del. Laws, c. 466, § ?9; 62 Del. Laws, c. 402, § ?1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 259, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 481, § ?4;