Is it a felony
to present a forgery
for a birth certificate ??
“Is it a felony
to present a forgery
for a birth certificate ??”
It may be, but certain flavors of folks are immune from prosecution under this regime.
Doesn’t matter. Hawaii DOH will just say we saw the original and it is in our possession but we cannot release it without the consent of the owner. Since it is a forgery, nobody actually owns it so it will never be released.
A forgery may not be a felony if generated by the department of health... If it is mostly accurate, it probably isn’t a felony... Barry will skate unless it is completely made up and/or is not a state-sponsored BC forgery... Here is more:
When a child is adopted, along with finalization papers, an amended birth certificate (ABC) is issued which can show any or all of the information on the original, but replaces the birth parents’ names with those of the adoptive parents, and the child’s name given at birth with the new name (if this is being changed). This is given to the adoptive parents.
The original birth certificate is then placed with other adoption records and the file is sealed by the court. The original birth certificate is generally not available to the adopted person...