Interstate Paternity

Acknowledgment

Certification Transmission:

IPACT: Birth Records

West Virginia Bureau for Child Support

Enforcement Training Unit

November 1, 2017

Disclaimer

For confidentiality

purposes, any identifying

information in training

materials, such as

names, addresses or

Social Security Numbers

(SSN) has either been

removed or is fictional

information.

IPACT

IPACT is a website developed by the WV

Division of Vital Registration (a/k/a Division of

Vital Statistics, or DVS) and the WV BCSE.

It provides quick and efficient access to WV

birth, marriage and death indexes, expedites

paternity determinations and permits electronic

requests for birth certificates, paternity affidavits

and death certificates.

IPACT: Limit on Records

IPACT birth and death

records go back more

than 20 years.

When a child turns 22,

or someone died over

20 years ago, their

information may no

longer be accessible.

IPACT: Signing In

The website address for IPACT is

www.wvdhhr.org/ipact

Users:

▪ Search - for

records

▪ Maintenance –

administrators

only

Username:

Assigned by your

State Database

Administrator

IPACT: Passwords

Passwords must have 8 to 15 characters

and contain at least:

One upper case letter

One lower case letter

One number

Only One special character (! # $ % ^ & *

or ?)

IPACT: Passwords

After you have established a password,

when entering the system again, you will

have 3 attempts to type the correct

password.

After 3 attempts, you will be locked out

and will have to contact your State

Database Administrator

Passwords expire after 60 days of

inactivity.

IPACT: Timing Out

After 10 minutes of

inactivity, IPACT will

automatically log you

out and you will have

to sign in again to

continue searching.

IPACT: Navigation

Click

“Search”

to

search

indexes

Search defaults to birth records. You may also select

Death Indexes or Marriage Indexes, view Order

History, view FAQ or Exit.

IPACT: Birth Records

IPACT: Searching Hints

If one search criteria fails, try another.

Spelling must be a perfect match, so try

different spellings.

Use as many criteria as possible.

To erase the search criteria and try

again, left click once on the Reset

button.

IPACT: Searching Hints

If a child was born before 1994, or you

do not know the SSN, use the name and

date of birth.

HINT: Try using the mother’s maiden

name for the child’s last name.

When using the mother’s or father’s

SSN, all of the births recorded in WV for

that parent will be listed.

IPACT: Searching for Birth Records

If your search was successful, the

following information appears:

Child’s Information.

SSN (available for children born after

1994.)

The birth certificate number.

The child’s name.

The child’s date of birth.

IPACT: Social Security Numbers

Child’s SSN recorded for births from 1994 forward.

Father’s SSN recorded for births from 1991 forward.

Mother’s SSN recorded for births from 1989 forward.

No match – try another criteria.

Child’s SSN listed as “U” – Social Security was

unable to assign a number – will be updated later.

SSN’s blank – SSN is unknown.

IPACT: Birth Records

IPACT: Birth Records

IPACT: Multiple Listing for Same Child

If a child is listed more than once, the

birth certificate may have been

amended, or

For some years, birth records were

entered under the mother’s married

name as well as her maiden name.

Regardless of which birth certificate you

choose to order, DVS will send the

correct one.

IPACT: Paternity Affidavit and Born

Out-of-Wedlock Fields

The DVS started

entering Paternity

Affidavits and

“Born Out-of-

Wedlock”

information in

1994.

IPACT: Paternity Affidavits

The “Paternity Affidavit” (PA) field will be

coded “Yes” if a paternity affidavit was

completed and accepted by Vital Statistics.

Note: If the “PA” field is blank, Vital Statistics did not accept a paternity affidavit.

IPACT: Paternity Affidavits

IPACT: Paternity Affidavit and Born

Out-of-Wedlock Fields

If an affidavit is rejected by DVS, it does not legally

establish paternity.

This may happen if the mother is married to another

man at the time of the child’s birth or if a wrong form

was used.

NOTE: It is very important that you confirm the

paternity affidavit was accepted by DVS (marked Y

in the PA field on the results screen).

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IPACT: Born Out-of-Wedlock Field

IPACT: Birth Records

IPACT: Out-of-State Births

NOTE: There may be an out-of-state county

and state listed, or the fields may be blank.

This means that a child was born out-of-

state to WV parents and the other state has

notified WV DVS of the birth.

If the birth certificate for such a child is

needed, it cannot be obtained from WV

DVS, the other state will need to be

contacted.

IPACT: Mother Information

IPACT: Father Information

IPACT: Father’s SSN

If a SSN is not listed for the father, it

does NOT mean that there is no father

on the birth certificate.

It could be due to:

The DVS’s large backlog of paternity

orders which still need to be entered, or

The child may have been born prior to

1991.

IPACT: Ordering Birth Certificates

or Paternity Affidavits

IPACT: Ordering Birth Certificates

or Paternity Affidavits

2. Enter the quantity of BCs and/or

PAs needed. Up to 5 each may be

ordered at a cost of $12 each.

1. If needed,

correct the

address info.

3. Click on

Order Now.

IPACT: Ordering Records

After clicking on Order Now, an order

confirmation screen will appear.

Print a copy for your records.

Your office is billed only for

certificates/affidavits issued.

IPACT: Ordering Records

To check the progress of your order,

click on Order History at the top.

IPACT: Ordering Records

DVS processed and

mailed the requested

documents.

West Virginia

Bureau for Child Support Enforcement

Training Unit

November 1, 2017