Divorce or adoption -- Duty of court clerk to file certificates or reports.
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(1) For each adoption, annulment of adoption, divorce, and annulment of marriage ordered or decreed in this state, the clerk of the court shall prepare a divorce certificate or report of adoption on a form furnished by the state registrar.
(2) The petitioner shall provide the information necessary to prepare the certificate or report under Subsection (1).
(3) The clerk shall:
(a) prepare the certificate or report under Subsection (1); and
(b) complete the remaining entries for the certificate or report immediately after the decree or order becomes final.
(4) On or before the 15th day of each month, the clerk shall forward the divorce certificates and reports of adoption under Subsection (1) completed by the clerk during the preceding month to the state registrar.
(5)
(a) A report of adoption under Subsection (1) may be provided to the attorney who is providing representation of a party to the adoption or the child-placing agency, as defined in Section 78B-6-103, that is placing the child.
(b) If a report of adoption is provided to the attorney or the child-placing agency, as defined in Section 78B-6-103, the attorney or the child-placing agency shall immediately provide the report of adoption to the state registrar.