N.Y. Judiciary Law § 254: Reports by clerks to state officers

§ 254. Reports by clerks to state officers. When a court of competent

jurisdiction shall make a determination as to the parentage of any

person, the clerk of the court shall forthwith transmit to the state

commissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written

notification of such entry together with such other facts as may assist

in identifying the birth record of the person whose parentage was in

issue. When the person whose parentage has been determined is under the

age of eighteen years, such clerk shall also transmit forthwith to the

state commissioner of the office of children and family services for

recordation in the putative father registry established pursuant to

section three hundred seventy-two-c of the social services law, on a

form prescribed by such commissioner in consultation with the office of

court administration, a notification of the determination including the

name and address of the person whose parentage was determined and the

person who was determined to be the father.

Whenever an order of adoption has been made by a court of competent

jurisdiction the clerk of such court shall forthwith transmit to the

state commissioner of health on a form prescribed by him a written

notification of such order, together with the name given to the adopted

person at its birth and such other facts as may assist in identifying

the birth record of the person adopted and with a copy of the form

required by subdivision seven-a of section one hundred twelve and

subdivision nine of section one hundred fifteen-b of the domestic

relations law and paragraph (e) of subdivision five of section three

hundred eighty-three-c and paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section

three hundred eighty-four of the social services law.

If any determination as to parentage or order of adoption of a person

as aforesaid shall be reversed, set aside, or abrogated by a later

judgment, decree or order of the same or of a higher court, that fact

shall be immediately communicated in writing to the state commissioner

of health, and, in addition, in the case of a determination as to

parentage, to the state commissioner of the office of children and

family services, on a form prescribed by him by the clerk of the court

which entered such judgment, decree, or order.

Whenever it appears to any clerk, aforesaid, that the person whose

parentage was in issue or the person adopted was born in New York city,

the clerk shall transmit the written notification aforesaid to the

department of health of such city, together with a copy of the form

required by subdivision seven-a of section one hundred twelve and

subdivision nine of section one hundred fifteen-b of the domestic

relations law and paragraph (e) of subdivision five of section three

hundred eighty-three-c and paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section

three hundred eighty-four of the social services law, and also transmit

copies of such documents to the state commissioner of health.