The state registrar must issue an adoptee a new birth certificate when the adoptee was born in this state and the state registrar receives “[a] report of adoption as provided in [MCL 333.2829], a report of adoption prepared and filed under the laws of another state or foreign country, or a certified copy of the adoption order, together with the information necessary to identify the original certificate of birth and to establish a new certificate of live birth.” MCL 333.2831(a). However, a new birth certificate will not be issued upon such request by the court ordering the adoption, the adopting parent, or an adult adoptee. MCL 333.2831(a).
“[T]he original birth certificate on file for the adoptee [must be] sealed and . . . a new birth certificate [must be] prepared in conformance with [MCL 710.67].” MCL 710.68(15). The adoptee’s new birth certificate must conform as close as possible to the appearance of an original birth certificate, not disclose the adoption, and be provided to the adoptive parent.MCL 710.67(3). See also MCL 333.2829(4), which requires the birth certificate to conform to the requirements of MCL 710.67 and MCL 710.68.