A marriage / divorce will not affect the name shown on a birth record Please proceed using the original birth information
  Please enter the information as it appears on the adoption order, as the original birth information is no longer available without a court order granting access to the sealed record
  If a judge has issued the adoption order, it must be filed with the Department of State Health Services prior to ordering a certified copy showing the adopted information. Please click here for more information
  Please reach out to the attorney or agency that helped prepare the adoption order. If those options are not available to you, please enter information in the application to the best of your knowledge
  Please enter the information as it appears on the court order, which will appear as an attachment to the original birth information
  If a judge has issued the Court Ordered Legal Name Change, it must be filed with the Department of State Health Services prior to ordering a certified copy showing the adopted information. Please click here for more information
  Please reach out to the attorney or agency that helped prepare the Court Order Legal Name Change. If those options are not available to you, please enter information in the application to the best of your knowledge
  Please enter the information as it appears on the acknowledgment order, as the original birth information is no longer available without a court order granting access to the sealed record
  If a judge has issued the acknowledgement order, it must be filed with the Department of State Health Services prior to ordering a certified copy showing the new information. Please click here for more information
  Please reach out to the attorney or agency that helped prepare the order. If those options are not available to you, please enter information in the application to the best of your knowledge
Please note:
Texas only holds records for births that occured in Texas. For all other states, please click here.