The question pertains to California, as that is where I am, but might pertain elsewhere for others.

A few years back, I obtained a court order change on my birth certificate. That was good, however when I got my new birth certificate, I was shocked to see that the new information was placed in front with a huge not that the original is in the back and that the two cannot be separated.

True, I do not show my birth certificate everyday, so my everyday ID (DL, passport, etc.) reflects the correct information, but the birth certificate issue is still a huge black cloud on my soul. If I had it my way, I would like to erase the past completely, and not be outed on the occasions that I have to show my birth certificate.

Is it possible to simply (with some help presumably) to erase the old information and just have the correct new information?

I am thinking that maybe rules have changed since 2007 and that maybe now I can do something.

Anybody have ideas?

Here ya go, hon: https://www.susans.org/wiki/Changing_sex_on_birth_certificates_in_the_US

Hugs, Devlyn

Wait a minute, I thought CA would issue a whole new BC with no evidence of the past info?

California may, or may not, no clue.

In 2008, (miswrote), I obtained a court order changing my name. When the legal process completed, what the county registrar recorder gave me, when I pulled a certified copy, was the amended information on the first page, accompanied by the old birth certificate.

Is it possible to simply erase the old birth certificate and reissue a clean birth certificate without the presence of the old information? What I would like to know is if I can get just a single sheet birth certificate that only states the new information.

The gender change part is still forth to come after GCS. I presume that will be a third sheet added to my birth certificate.

I just did a search and found the information that I was looking for.

http://www.drbecky.com/birthcert.html

It seems that California will reissue, not amend, a birth certificate, upon court order, when both the gender and name get changed.

(The document / site talks about other states too.)

That means that I have to wait a couple of more years. :-(

As I recall, California has two forms of birth certificate - the long form and the abstract.  The abstract does not reveal amendments.

Quote from: sarahla on June 18, 2013, 12:39:09 PM
I just did a search and found the information that I was looking for.

http://www.drbecky.com/birthcert.html

It seems that California will reissue, not amend, a birth certificate, upon court order, when both the gender and name get changed.

(The document / site talks about other states too.)

That means that I have to wait a couple of more years. :-(

Umm, that information is in the link I provided earlier. Guess you missed it. Hugs, Devlyn