Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonorrblo U. A. Davis
State Rs~lrtrer
ya~staa~" of Nealth
.
rder frsued by the
Judm of the ~rob ) of Jefferaozl
CO-r, Alabama, trar of VlWl
~t~tistlcs of the
to lfmw a a0rtl.f
opinion as to
IN ~2x3FROBAZ'ECOORTOP TEN
COUNTY OF JzppIa3Ol4
STATE OF ALL
“az IT REImLRRD, On this tha 1 day C’;*!$ l!&
c- on to be heard the pdtitlon Of
il f
U-Ed Gambrel , for Itrave to obtain o?%& Court
==ixiiGr)
an Order authorixlng the lssuanoe of d wrtified OoPY
Ronorable W. A. Davis, wage 2
or the birth certificate of Honw Lee Gambrel
‘Iciocnty)(Stt I
and that such oc%Led
mf-%otber
copy be delivered to
of child)
Jesrfe E. Gambrel , Bessemer. Ala.. lit=
N r 1 IPost Office Addrasa)
-55:
_BOX pQr=on .
*Af%er heorln& the potitlon, and the svldsncr in sup-
port thereof, the court is or the opinion that aa
should be granted.
"It! ISTEREiKiRB, GRDERBD,ADJUD3EDAIiDDECRi3RDthat
a CWtiiied 00 r Of the birth COPtliiG&tO 4bOVO WWd
be issued by t L State Registrar of Vital Statirtica,
Au&in, Texas, to the rnld Henry Lee Qambrel .
(slnnad) B. a, xoum
Udg3Ofth Proi3atd Court
BesseemorDlVlSlon
mu) JefSsrson county, Ala."
Paragraph 25 of Rule 47a, Artlole 4477, Veamn*a Amm-
-ted Civil statutes, reads as follovst
"And provided that the name of the father or
arq l,r&o~t by which he might be ldontified shall
not be vritten into the birth or derth oertiflcate
or nny lllegitaato child, and provldod further, that
Say stattment the Sather of sn IUegltbats ohlld
vish,hcatoe OII to its parentqp, may, v&a plaOsd
in the torn of an sltidavit, be ettaOhtN.tO the Ori-
-1 birth rooord. rkmhw the gtbte Baglstrar nor
"lp local r&st,rar shall issue a c.ertlfled OORPof
-Y birth or death certificate wherein a child Or @k
adult is stated to be lllegitintate, unless such o&i-
fled cop1 la ordered by a oourt Of OOnQetOntjui8-
notion.
Ii the Judge of the Probate Court of Jefferson County,
u4b’-, had authorlt~ to order the State Registrar or vital
'trt18tlCa to issue 8 cortlfiad copy OS 8 btrth Oertificste of
&morablu K. As ikWl8, 3TQ8 3
l person born LA Texas, Lt was under the tert48 oi Aztlols IV,
3ectioA 1 of the Conrtltution of tho (Inited State6, vhioh reads
46 ruz~2ows
g
%llFaith and Credit shall be given in each
Stats Aots, Rcoord6,aAd Jtullclal irocosd-
to public
bxgn of ever7 otrhez-Stated Aruf the Congress may by
gsnoral Laus prracribe the LWumr ln rhloh ruoh Aots,
Reoordo and Proceedl.ngr sk41 be proved, skd the ES-
teat ChweOS~
The Supreme Court of the United State6 la Calr VS.
cumbgh8r~, 133 P. a. 107, at pge 112, 33 Lans. Ch. m. 5Si, 541, 30
3up. Ct. 8, 269, 270, rsidr
*The Constitution dLd not m(1a~to ootlrer say
new potter on tha rtrtoe, but simply to regulate the
effect of their acktaovledgsd JurLsdfctLoa OYOFper-
SOJWand things vithlo their terrftory. It did not
snake the ,hidgments of 6tatei domestlo judgment6 to
all intents and gurpoa``, but only gave B general
WlidLty, faith and orcdlt to t&m ab 8vldcmb). IL10
exeautlon can be issued upon such juil@IeAta Ylthout
4 Aetusuit in tha tribunals of other atEIte6, @xl
they enjoy not the right of wlorl.ty or privilege
Or lla, vhioh they hevein the state vhere they am
``OAOUAO``, but th8t Onty UhLChthe lei fOri givf$S
to then by 1te own lawa, in tholr cha.raot8r or
ford@3 jIld@MAtS."
=issaQ¶r ’
~‘Thhoaeprovisl0~6 s?tabUrrb a rule Of aviduAce
rather than of jurrodLctloaa. UhiZe th.sy make the
reoord of 8 judgmnt rondared after due aotio8 ln cane
state POZYJ~US~VO midon in the oourts 0r aaothsr
state or or the uAit6d Statal OS the mtter adjudged,
thay do Aot rtfeot the jurlsdlotion, either of the
cow in uhloh the judgmmontir residerod or of tho
cou% in vh.iah it is ofiezad in eviSeno4. JudopleAts
r~o~vtW%din On%.St&ttr of thb UnitXI, vh@A pNvUd ti
the oourts of roother go~erA.wmt, whether state os
A~tio&el, wlthFn the Fnlted Status differ fron judg-
PreAtt raoovered in a foceitya ocmtry in AO other
.,
.’
xmofabla Y. A. J&vie, pa@ 4
respect than iA AOt -iloi~X$$
re-o%aznl.nable On their
mrits nor impeachable r0r fraud ia obtabtw thm,
if rendered by a court having $.wlsdfctlonof th%
cause and of the partlor.’
Ths Supreme Court of deorgla saldc
“tits Clause (full faith aab oredit) i5 AO~
to bo reosived 91 t&a fullest Import of the terms.
It 18 referebla to such records, eta*, a8 plead-
bgs and evLdeno0. AAY other cbnstructioc, myth
would give the sama offect to 6 t’~r*i&i ju
aa to our OVA, vould fndoed ba CQ gire .&hadp” ” of’
wa
one state complete OperatSan in another * would be
to strka a Judgment la ona state bind prc-prty In
another. ’ Joioe v. Scales, l8 Ga. 725, 23 Cyc, Lav,
ad POW., pp* 1545, 1546, 1556, 155?, 23 L. R. A.
(x. 3.)
The Probate Court of Alabam did not have Juriudla-
tb~ ti oae of the Farties affected by the Judgmnt vltA vhloh
VO UO here ooncernod, ‘fill. Dr. !i. A, DtbVi8, Stat6 ~OalfbtrU Of
Vital Statiatioe of Texas, imd said court had no paver to oz’der
hb tc psrlorm arty sot. The Judgnmnt of the Probate Court of
- could 0dy be uaod as eviden40 ia a oourt Er wmpatent
&Udiction vlthia this State, and said latter court vould
Cave to anter a Judgment ordering the State Roi;lstrar to is.aue
l certifl?d COPY of i$e birth certlffcato of &my Lee Oa?nbFeZ,
bafom the State RegSStrac would have authorltg to lasue such
‘-=hXod copy.
It 1s therefore our OpiAiOA that tha Judge Qf the
Probate COW., Euseemer Di~f~i0~, of Jefferson County, Alabaua,
1a vithout authority to order the State Re@atrar of Vital
3tatwi05 to issue a asrtltled. aopp or the birth aertif‘ioate
Or Rmrr Lee cmbrel, ad& the State Registrar is vlthout author-
ltr to 18)sW such csrtlflad oopy upon the OrCer of said court.
Ye are horcvlth returning to you the J@mnt abovo
wotec.
Very truly yours
ATToRmY0ENmAL w TW