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IN RE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY L.C.

85 N.J. 152 (1981)

425 A.2d 686

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY L.C. AND E.R.C., HIS WIFE.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Piro argued the cause for appellants L.C. and E.R.C. (Piro & Zinna, attorneys; David M. Paris, on the brief).

Charlotte Kitler, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State Registrar of Vital Statistics (John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by PASHMAN, J.

In this case the adoptive parents of a foreign-born child seek a court-ordered change of birthplace on the child's birth certificate. N.J.S.A. 26:8-40.1 provides that

[u]pon application by an adopting parent or parents of any person born in the United States and adopted pursuant to the laws of this State, the court before which the adoption proceedings have been conducted, may, for good...

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