26B-8-128. Divorce or adoption -- Duty of court clerk to file certificates or reports.

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Effective 9/1/2025

(1)For each adoption, annulment of adoption, divorce, and annulment of marriage ordered or decreed in this state, the clerk of the court shall prepare a divorce certificate or report of adoption on a form furnished by the state registrar or, for a report of adoption, the state of the child's birth.

(2)The petitioner shall provide the clerk of the court with the information necessary to prepare the certificate or report under Subsection

(1), including the form furnished by the child's state of birth if the child was born in another state.

(3)The clerk shall:

(a)prepare the certificate or report under Subsection

(1); and

(b)complete the remaining entries for the certificate or report immediately after the decree or order becomes final.

(4)On or before the 15th day of each month, the clerk shall forward the divorce certificates and reports of adoption under Subsection

(1)completed by the clerk during the preceding month to the state registrar, except for reports of adoption provided to an attorney or child-placing agency under Subsection (5)(b) .

(a)In addition to the report of adoption that the clerk forwards to the state registrar under Subsection

(4), the clerk shall also provide an original report of adoption under Subsection

(1), upon request, to the attorney who is providing representation of a party to the adoption, or the child-placing agency, as defined in Section 81-13-101 , that is placing the child.

(b)If the child was born in another state, the clerk of court shall prepare and provide one original report of adoption, upon request, to the attorney who is providing representation of a party to the adoption, or the child-placing agency that is placing the child, and the attorney or child-placing agency shall be responsible for submitting the report to the state of the child's birth.

(c)If the attorney or child-placing agency does not request an original report of adoption under Subsection (5)(a) or

(b), the clerk shall forward the report of adoption to the state registrar pursuant to Subsection

(4).

(d)If, pursuant to Subsection (5)(a) , an original report of adoption is provided to the attorney or the child-placing agency, as defined in Section 81-13-101 , the attorney or the child-placing agency shall immediately provide the report of adoption to the state registrar.

Amended by Chapter 426 , 2025 General Session