The missing link in my life is that birth certificate. There is *** push at the state Capitol to allow people who were adopted to access their vital records. And Goldston Dart is here to explain the ...

California has long been a leader in civil rights, but there is one glaring exception: adult adoptees in our state are still denied the right to obtain their own original birth certificates. This ...

Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, has authored a bill that would change how California handles requests from adopted people who want to obtain their original birth certificates. Hector Amezcua ...

A push at the State Capitol to include accents and other marks on vital records, like birth certificates in California has taken a solid step forward. And it goes beyond grammar. "Being able to ...

A bill in the California Assembly, known as CA Assembly Bill 77, seeks to allow residents of California to use diacritical marks — like accents— and the Spanish-language letter "ñ" on ...

Nicolás Agustín Espinoza Chaires may be only 6 years old, but he has a request for the state of California. “I want to be able to spell my name correctly,” he said on Wednesday afternoon, while ...

Pablo and Nancy Chaires Espinoza stand at the state Capitol with their son Nicolás on March 21, 2023. Because of state rules, the accent marks in Nicolás’ name were omitted on his birth certificate – ...