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OKEKE v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

No. 18677.

39 A.3d 1095 (2012)

304 Conn. 317

Edward C. OKEKE v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Okeke , pro se, the appellant (plaintiff).

Daniel Shapiro , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was George Jepsen , attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and HARPER, Js.

EVELEIGH, J.

The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether, pursuant to General Statutes § 19a-42 (d)(1),1 the defendant, the commissioner of public health (commissioner), has the authority to amend a child's birth certificate, where the name on the birth certificate differs from that initially agreed upon by the parents on an acknowledgement of paternity form.

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