CCQ, r. 4.1.1 - Regulation respecting the terms for obtaining a copy of an original act of birth and of judgments concerning adoption for the purposes of article 583 of the Civil Code

Updated to 1 July 2024

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chapter CCQ, r. 4.1.1

Regulation respecting the terms for obtaining a copy of an original act of birth and of judgments concerning adoption for the purposes of article 583 of the Civil Code

Civil Code of Québec

(Civil Code, a. 583, 2nd par.).

1. An adoptee must, to obtain a copy of his or her original act of birth from the registrar of civil status or from any other body or person holding the original act of birth, or a copy of the judgments concerning his or her adoption from the office of the court in the district where the judgments were rendered, obtain an attestation from the authorities responsible under the law for disclosing the information referred to in article 583 of the Civil Code. The same applies to the descendants in the first degree of a deceased adoptee.

The attestation must confirm the applicant’s status as an adoptee or as a descendant in the first degree of a deceased adoptee and confirm that the applicant is entitled to obtain the adoptee’s original name, the name of the adoptee’s parents of origin, or information making it possible for the applicant to contact the adoptee’s parents including, in the latter case, the conditions that apply.

O.C. 841-2024, s. 1.

2. (Omitted).

O.C. 841-2024, s. 2.

REFERENCES

O.C. 841-2024, 2024 G.O. 2, 1775