Wynn v. Superior Court of Fresno County, No. F056975

Trial court order denying plaintiff's petition for an order correcting her original birth certificate is reversed where: 1) plaintiff qualifies as an interested person who may bring an action to adjudicate her parentage, and thus the trial court has the authority to adjudicate the facts concerning a possible biological relationship between mother and daughter; and 2) the trial court has the authority and the obligation to order the issuance of a new birth certificate if its determination of the existence of a biological mother-child relationship differs from that shown on the child's original birth certificate. 

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Appellate Information
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. David C. Kalemkarian, Judge.
FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
Filed: August 4, 2009

Judges
Opinion by DAWSON, J., WISEMAN, Acting P.J., KANE, J.
Opinion by DAWSON, J.

Counsel
For Plaintiff: California Indian Legal Services, Michele R. Fahley and Dorinda Strmiska.