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Gus McCubbing

EXPLAINED: Integrated birth certificates for adoptees - The Real Truth

Victorians who were adopted will have the choice to include both their birth and adoptive parents on their birth certificates.

Legislation introduced on Tuesday will create integrated birth certificates, allowing the names of an adopted person's birth parents, adoptive parents and the date of their adoption to be included on their certificate.

Under current law, only adoptive parents are listed on certificates.

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