Records of adoption decrees

La. Child. Code art. 1182

La. Child. Code art. 1182

Art. 1182. Records of adoption decrees A. Whenever an interlocutory decree of adoption has been granted, the clerk of court shall forward a certified copy of the decree to the Department of Children and Family Services. B. Whenever a final decree of adoption has been granted with regard to a child born in Louisiana, the clerk of court shall forward, on a form supplied by the Department of Children and Family Services, a certificate of the decree to the state registrar of vital records. Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.