Petition To Correct A Birth Certificate - Superior Court Of Cobb County printable pdf download

Petition To Correct A Birth Certificate - Superior Court Of Cobb County

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COBB COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

In re:

Civil Action File Number: ________________

Petitioner.

PETITION TO CORRECT A BIRTH CERTIFICATE

[You must check and complete one of the following, (a) or (b), but not both.]

□ (a) I am filing this petition to ask the Court for an Order to correct an error on my own birth

certificate. In support of this petition, I state as follows:

________________________________________________________________________________

□ (b) My name is ________________________________________, and I am the minor child’s

parent listed on the child’s birth certificate, or his or her legal guardian. I am filing this Petition on

behalf of the minor child named _______________________________________, asking for an

[print child’s name exactly as it appears on birth certificate]

Order to correct his/her birth certificate. In support of this petition, I state as follows:

My name is

, and I live in Cobb County,

Georgia. Therefore, jurisdiction and venue are proper in this Court.

[If you are filing this petition on behalf of a minor child,

you must also check one of the following, (a) or (b), but not both.]

□ (a) The minor child lives with me in Cobb County.

□ (b) The minor child does not live with me. The minor child lives with _____________ in

________________County, Georgia.

[You must check and complete one of the following, (a), (b) or (c), but not more than one.]

□ (a) I am over the age of eighteen and I wish to amend an error on my own birth certificate.

□ (b) I am a parent listed on the minor child’s birth certificate. I am the □ mother / □ father.

□ (c) I am the minor child’s legal guardian.

“Instructions for Petition to Correct Birth Certificate”

Page 15 of 23

Rev 4/2017

Provided by the Superior Court of Cobb County

Petition To Correct A Birth Certificate - Superior Court Of Cobb County