Which sources may be used to record an entry in the family relations register, and what form must each of them be in?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the report or communication as filed, the written application with any attachments, the copy of the certificate and the copy of the ship's log offered, and the court document relied on, because the register entry must trace to one of these sources.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the list of sources as it stands: the register is recorded by a report, a communication, an application, a copy of a certificate, a copy of a ship's log, or a court document, and only the certificate and the ship's log are asked for in copy form, while a court document is named without any form being specified.
Another reading notes that the provision names the sources of recording and nothing more, so it leaves open what each source must show, who examines it before the entry is made, and how the register stands when the sources disagree or a source is later set aside.
Your judgment
If a report and a court document give different accounts of the same fact, which source does the entry in the register follow?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to add or remove a kind of source for recording, or if a court decision decides what a copy of a certificate or of a ship's log must contain before an entry may be made.