Okeke v. Commissioner of Public Health

Summary

The court held that the commissioner lacked authority under § 19a-42 (d)(1) to amend the child's birth certificate because paternity was already shown on it and the statute's amendment authority is triggered only when paternity is not already shown. The court also concluded that the plaintiff did not qualify for amendment under the applicable regulations because he lacked a court order, sought correction outside the thirty-day period, and presented a dispute rather than a clerical error. The Appellate Court's judgment affirming dismissal of the administrative appeal was affirmed.