ATLANTA -- There's no piece of paper that makes your life more official than your birth certificate. Without it, it's almost impossible to prove that you are, in fact, you. The state of Georgia ...

In addition, the state had issued birth certificates for two older sons with the same surname - “Allah” - without objection. Now that the Department has issued the birth certificate, Ms. Handy and Mr.

ACLU of Georgia, along with cooperating counsel Emmet Bondurant and Michael Baumrind of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, filed a Writ of Mandamus today on behalf of Elizabeth Handy and Bilal Walk and ...