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How is it “lawful” for a public official to “forge” a document?

I'm glad you asked me that. It once more gives me an opportunity to explain.

*I* am an adopted child. When I was adopted, the State issued me a new birth certificate. This birth certificate contains the names of Different Parents than what was on my original birth certificate. My Original birth certificate was placed under court ordered seal, and is now unobtainable without a court order to show it.

My current legal birth certificate is a "forged" document which was produced by the Department of Health in my state. It is a "legal forgery." The creation of "legally forged" birth certificates occurs every time a child is adopted. It is routine. Yes, the information on the document is false, but the Department of Health will verify it as an authentic birth certificate. They do this by law so as to protect the interest of a child who may not be aware that they are adopted.

Under what authority can a Judge or court order a public official to “forge” a document?

Under the adoption laws in place in every state. Here is what it says in Hawaiian law:

§338-20 Adoption.

(a) In case of the adoption of any person born in the State, the department of health, upon receipt of a properly certified copy of the adoption decree, or certified abstract thereof on a form approved by the department, shall prepare a supplementary certificate in the name of the adopted person, as fixed or changed by the decree, and seal and file the original certificate of birth with the certified copy attached thereto.
(b) The registrar of births shall show on the supplemental birth certificate the names of parents as stated in the adoption decree pursuant to section 578-14.
(c) Any certified copy of final decree of adoption, or abstract thereof, of persons born in the State, rendered by courts of other states and territories subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or courts of a foreign country, shall be considered properly certified when attested by the clerk of the court in which it was rendered with the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the presiding judge, chancellor, or magistrate that the attestation is in due form.
(d) If no original certificate of birth shall be on file with the department, the department may require such evidence as it deems necessary to establish the facts of birth before preparing a supplementary certificate in the new name of the adopted person; provided that no such certificate shall be filed unless it shall be satisfactorily established that the adopted person was born in the State.
(e) The sealed documents may be opened by the department only by an order of a court of record or when requested in accordance with section 578-14.5 or 578-15. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order setting aside a decree of adoption, the department shall restore the original certificate to its original place in the files. [L 1949, c 327, §24; RL 1955, §57-23; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; HRS §338-20; am L 1978, c 50, §1; am L 1979, c 203, §2; am L 1980, c 153, §6 and c 232, §18; am L 1988, c 274, §2; am L 1990, c 338, §2]

Also, there's this.

Access to Original Birth Certificate Citation: Rev. Stat. §§ 578-14; 578-15; 338-20
If a new birth certificate is issued, the original birth certificate shall be sealed. The sealed document may be opened by the department only by an order of a court or when requested in accordance with § 578-15.

Court ordered "forging" is commonplace in every state. I think the evidence demonstrates that Barry was adopted not once, but twice! I think his "long form" was produced by the State of Hawaii as a replacement document for his original record.