Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Health and Human Services
Population Health and Community Services
Amendments to Vital Records
Section R. 325.3267 - Correction of vital record information; evidence required
Current through Vol. 24-04, March 15, 2024
Rule 17.
(1) Documentary evidence is not required to correct the spelling of the registrant's first or middle name on a registered birth record if the request is made by either parent named on the birth record before the sixth birthday of the registrant.
(2) To delete the name of a father recorded on a registered birth record, a true or certified copy of a court determination of non-paternity, which contains an explicit statement to the effect that, based on the evidence presented to the court, the man named on the registered birth record as the father is not the father of the registrant, is required.
(3) To change the cause or mode of death on a registered death record, a certified copy of a court determination of the facts or the affidavit of a person named in R 325.3266(2)(c) is required.
(4) Except as specified in subrule (1), (2), or (3) of this rule, or except as specified by law or rule, a request to amend a vital record shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a court order specifying the correct facts or 1 or more pieces of the following documentary evidence:
