A court order would not be required under HIPAA if he signed a release. Seems like a simple thing to do if there isn’t anything to hide.
“A court order would not be required under HIPAA if he signed a release. Seems like a simple thing to do if there isn’t anything to hide.”
I have been following this with a great deal of interest. I have a similar situation to BO.
My father died when I was 10. My mother remarried, and my new stepfather “adopted” myself and my siblings. At that time, my birth certificate was sealed and a “certificate of birth registration” was issued with my new father’s name.
That certificate was good enough to get a passport (pre-9/11).
As I got older, I wanted to have a copy of my original birth certificate. When I called the state where I was born, I was told that if I wanted to get the original, I would have to hire a local attorney and go to court to get it. That was supposedly to protect “privacy.”
Now there was no privacy to protect. In fact, I remember distinctly that I even signed my own adoption papers!
I can see Obama claiming something similar. Forging the original birth certificate would seem to be “easier” than going through all the hassle of getting a court order to unseal his original birth certificate. And they could claim that there was no intent to defraud, only a misguided effort to take the easy way out.
Move along. Nothing to see here... /sarc