MATTER OF JOHNSON v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH


257 A.D.2d 399 (1999)

683 N.Y.S.2d 64

In the Matter of SABRINA O. JOHNSON, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided January 7, 1999.


The IAS Court erred in granting petitioner's request for amendment of her birth certificate, since prerequisites under the City's Health Code were not fulfilled (see, Matter of Arnold v Department of Health, 174 A.D.2d 409, 410). Amendment would be warranted here only if "an error was made at the time of preparing and filing of the certificate" (NY City Health Code [24 RCNY] § 207.01 [c]). While a prior birth certificate, issued...

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