Replies

The death certificate HAD to be issued by day three. So, as the family had not settled on a name by day three, it was issued in Tomiyo. I think the BC must be issued by ten days, whether the child lives or not, but I need to double check that.

I don’t know that the BC WOULD be issued in Tomiyos name - they had used his name because the time frame for processing the DC was so brief by law. As far as I know the BC first name field could have been left open, or perhaps had “Baby Girl” there since the family had planned on naming her, and likely indicated so to the hospital staff who assisted with the completion of the paperwork.

The name was amended TWO WEEKS after the date of birth. Might that have been the cause of the delay in the funeral arrangements? I tend to discount the he said she said and look only at the limited evidence we do have.

How could the parents have buried her as Tomiyo according to the death certificate...

The number of her birth certificate shows her to have been born two weeks AFTER she died...I guess that can only happen in Hawaii?

Wasn't there a delay in her funeral arrangements? Did the family need to wait for the amended document before she could be buried?

But more to the point, what happened to the certificate number GIVEN TO TOMIYO SUHAHARA. Is that number 10611 the MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR?