CORRECTION OF BIRTH RECORD CHECKLIST

PROBATE COURT OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO
JUDGE TERRE L. VANDERVOORT

Filing Fees
Court Costs: $74.00

Requirements

You may be able to correct typing or clerical errors within the first year of a child’s life by going through a local registrar or the state vital statistics offices.

The application can only be filed with the Court for someone born in Ohio, and it must be filed in the county where the person’s birth occurred, where the person resides, or where the person’s mother resided at the time of birth.

A parent’s name cannot be added or deleted from a birth record correction in the Probate Court. If the parents were not married at the time of the child’s birth, contact the Child Support Enforcement Agency to get additional information for adding a parent’s name. If the parents were married at the time of the child’s birth, contact the Ohio Department of Vital Statistics.

The Process

The documents listed below must be prepared by the applicant or his/her attorney, and brought into the court for filing, along with the filing fee. If the Correction of Birth Record is approved, it will take approximately 3-4 months for Vital Statistics to issue a new Certificate of Birth.

Note:

Initial Filing