How does birth certificate work in adoption?

so my mom had a baby and gave it up for adoption a long time ago straite out of the hospital and she had an open adoption, so she signed the birth certificate cause it didn't matter,


now what happens in a closed adoption. is it the biological parents who sign it or the adopted? my mom says she thinks the biological parents do, and its closed off. if thats the case what happens in the future when the child would need a birth certificate for identification purposes? do they close of the original certificate so the adoption actually stays closed and then just get a new one with adopted parents signatures, or do the adopted parents just sign it at the hospital|||The natural mother signs the birth certificate in the same way any other birth is recorded.





n the US when an adoption is finalized they take the original, accurate and truthful record of birth, seal it away from access by anyone (including the people it pertains to)





Then they issue a fake 'birth' certificate with false information (stating that the adoptive mother gave birth to the child and the adoptive father is the natural father) and call it an 'amended birth certificate'





This happens whether the adoption is open or closed, there's no difference under the (travesty of a) law.





In most civilized nations, the original birth certificate with true and accurate record of the birth remains intact and an adoption certificate is added.





The US system stems from a time when illegitimacy and unwed motherhood were shameful. Somehow the interpretation of these laws has become twisted and are now used against adoptees who wish to access the facts of THEIR origins.|||What H**** said applies in Canada in so far as the original birth certificate is amended to reflect the adoptive parents as the parents who gave birth. (why can't they just put "adoption BC" on it...and allow the original to be viewed by the adoptee at 18? I just don't get it)





Thankfully, records are opening up here...province by province.





I am SO thankful that we know our son's first mom's name and whereabouts (open adoption) because until I came on here...I had no clue how impactful getting that new birth certificate could be. Seriously, we just thought it was another piece of paper in the process of adoption.





I know...duh...but I am better now!|||It's completely different in the UK as the natural mother is required to register her baby's birth regardless of whether she raises or surrenders. It doesn't matter whether the adoption is closed or not and she will get a copy of the birth certificate. Unlike the States adoptees in the UK can apply for their OBC once they turn 18.|||the bio parents sign it and when the adoption is final, a new birth certificate is issued with new names.|||Depends where you are.|||Your mother signed the original birth certificate and when the adoption of her child (your sibling) was finalized, an amended birth certificate was issued...showing your sibling's adoptive mother as giving birth, when in fact she did not. Also many times the address on the ABC will not be the adoptee's place of birth, but rather the residence address of the adoptive parents at the time the adoption was finalized. Sometimes even the actual birth date is changed by a day or two upwards to a year and possibly a bit longer. The OBC is then sealed from all parties. Except in 6 (and a few more with restrictions) states where the adult adoptee can now gain access to his/her OBC. Your mother will not be allowed access to her child's original birth certificate. A legal document/vital statistic that was created when your mother was the ONLY LEGAL mother to her own child.





The Amended Birth Certificate protects the adoptive parents and was never to protect the natural mother nor the adopted child. The ABC gives the illusion 'as if born to'.