Please move this into appropriate section if it doesn't belong here. Anyway, I'm asking on behalf of a gal. I guess I call her a niece, Goddaughter, whatever. That's not important. My question is. She wants to get a certified copy of her birth certificate. But with her, it's a bit complicated. Not like domestic births where it's a relatively simple matter of contacting the city you were born. Considering:
- She was born in Ukraine
- She was brought over and adopted by Americans and (presumably) naturalized as a minor.
- She/they have since moved three times, each time to a different city and county.
Now, she's estranged herself from her adoptive parents (a whole separate fiasco). And they are being combative and belligerent. She is now 19 (will be 20 later this year). And is working on getting all her affairs in order. And among them is wanting to have a birth certificate. She's a smart gal and knows she will need it. But her adoptive parents are refusing to turn it over to her. She has reached out to my wife and I for help, and I don't know what to do or tell her.
How can she do an end-run around them and get one for herself?
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