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Georgia committee advances bill to let adult adoptees obtain original birth certificates
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 100 after testimony from adoptees and advocates who said adult adopted persons currently must petition court to obtain original birth records.
The House Judiciary Committee on a voice vote advanced Senate Bill 100, a measure that would allow adult adoptees in Georgia to obtain their original birth certificates without a court petition.
Senate Majority Whip Randy Robertson presented the bill to the committee, saying the measure would give adopted adults “the exact same right that biological children have.” Robertson said the change is a response to what he described as an obligation after the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision to protect children “in the womb and those children outside the womb.”
The bill’s proponents told the committee that current Georgia practice requires many adopted adults to file a…
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