The law also allows for Duncan Sunahara to see his sister’s long-form birth certificate, but it ain’t happening. Why not? You tell me...
Because in Sunahara v. HDOH the Court ruled that the Department of Health has discretion as to which version of a Vital Record they release to an applicant.
If the judge had been persuaded by Sunahara’s argument, the judge could have issued a court order for release of the original long form or a copy of it. Instead the judge granted HDOH’s motion to dismiss.