It shall be the official duty of the person in charge of the Vital Statistics Registry to register the adoptee on the basis of the data provided in the addenda to the judicial adoption decree. The birth registration shall be signed by the adopting parents or by the adopting father or mother.When the birth of an adoptee in Puerto Rico has been previously registered in the Vital Statistics Registry, said birth registration shall be replaced by a new registration stating the new legal status of the person registered as the son or daughter of the adopting father or mother or both. History —Jan. 19, 1995, No. 9, § 13.
Puerto Rico Legal Code