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might arise from not having a birth certificate. She had qualified to compete in the cross-country event in the Junior Olympics, she says, but she needed a birth cer-tificate to participate. The organizers relented and let her compete.

It wouldn’t become much of an issue again until she was well into her teens.

Legal hasslesJamie, quite independent

and wise beyond her years, knows her way behind a steering wheel: She started driving when she was 14. Her mother would go out of town on business, she says, and she’d take the car out.

“Who wants to walk to the grocery store when you can drive there?” Jamie says.

Naturally, she didn’t have a driver’s license because she wasn’t old enough. And when she became old enough, she still couldn’t get one.

“I went in and tried to get a license in January, but I needed a Social Security number,” she says.

Fate caught up with her this year when she was driv-ing a car belonging to one of her brothers and was stopped for speeding. The officer asked to see her li-cense.

“I said, ‘Hey officer, can I tell you a story that’s a little involved?’” she recounts.

She was charged with speeding and driving with-out a license, and on Tuesday her case goes before county court. But she doesn’t have to navigate the court system alone.

Enter Julie Wolfe, a Colo-rado Springs attorney whose neighbor has a daughter who is friends with Jamie. Wolfe initially turned down a request to help Jamie be-cause of her busy schedule and her lack of expertise in laws regarding birth certifi-cates. Once she heard Jamie had been cited, however, she got on board, gratis.

“I’m a divorce lawyer. What the hell do I know about this stuff?” Wolfe says. “But I’m sure I can figure it out.”

One of the first things Wolfe did was meet with a deputy district attorney to explain Jamie’s story and hand over an inch-thick packet of let-ters from her teachers, all raving about how bright she

is and how involved she was in extracurricular activities at Manitou High School — achievements that Jamie doesn’t seem likely to brag about on her own.

“And I also explained that she had a very good reason for driving, because she needed to get medicine at the pharmacy for her para-lyzed brother. She lives in this tiny apartment with him, taking care of him. She drives minimally, primarily to help him out.”

Wolfe told the deputy DA that she’s trying to help Ja-mie get a driver’s license, but he’ll have to be patient because first, she needs to help her get that birth cer-tificate.

A thorny caseWolfe has an affidavit from

Jamie’s father attesting to who she is, when she was born and the circumstances of her birth. She and Jamie also have been able to amass some medical and school re-cords, but she’s concluded they’re insufficient to satisfy the law because they don’t pertain to the first years of Jamie’s life.

“You have to have school records or medical records from the first seven years of life, and apparently in the state of Colorado, if you had hippie parents who wanted

to do a nice home birth and not take you to Western medical doctors and wanted to home-school their chil-dren, if you don’t apply for a birth certificate early on in that child’s life, then that child is not entitled to a birth certificate under Colo-rado law,” Wolfe says.

Hyman acknowledges that the more removed one is from one’s birth, the more stringent the requirements become in providing docu-ments for getting a birth certificate. The thorniest cases, like Jamie’s, end up on his desk.

“By the time it gets to me, it’s the really, really ugly cas-es,” says Hyman, who saw three cases go to court this year. “We have to do a lot of work with the customer trying to assist them, and in some cases, they just don’t have anything.”

The documents Wolfe has are now making their way through the Office of Vi-tal Statistics, where they’ll be evaluated and verified — a process that can take months. If they don’t pass muster, Hyman can’t just waive the requirements, he says. The case then needs to be taken to district court, where a judge can deter-mine whether a birth cer-tificate should be issued and require Hyman’s office to

follow through.Going to court is Wolfe’s

least-preferred option, be-cause it means she’ll have to sue the state. First, she hopes to appeal to Colorado Attor-ney General John Suthers, a professional acquaintance from Colorado Springs, to see if “reasonable accommo-dations” can be made.

“You don’t want to sue the state of Colorado without seeing if they want to work it out first,” Wolfe says.

No way around itJamie’s father, Jim Lanos-

ga, has no regrets about deciding not to document the birth of Jamie or her five siblings, three of whom eventually got birth certifi-cates.

“My dad was in the mili-tary, and he believed that he was defending our liberty, all the while, the only thing we’re doing is raising up our children to be used by the government,” Lanosga says. “Nothing he fought for or paid taxes for was righ-teous. I decided I was going to do things different. In my mind, I’m not going to coop-erate with anything in this system until we have some representation.”

Jamie is mostly unfazed by her predicament and holds no grudges toward her par-ents.

“It was a really loving thing, I think,” she says. “They were worried about my freedom for the rest of my life. I appreciate that on some level.”

But she acknowledges it’s been a hassle — not hard, but inconvenient. Of course, there’s the driver’s license debacle, so she’s riding her bike everywhere. And she is working as a carpenter’s as-sistant, getting paid under the table.

She talks about going to Reed College in Oregon or New York University, but knows she can’t do it with-out student loans, and that requires a Social Security number.

“There’s no way around it. If I don’t get this, I don’t go to college,” she says.

She’s not one to give advice to other parents considering an undocumented birth for their children, but Hyman isn’t as reserved.

“We try to get the word out to parents — even if you’re going to live off the grid, there are certain things you should do, in the interest of making your child’s life a little easier so then the child can make his own decision about living off the grid later,” Hyman says. “Please reconsider this piece of it, because it just makes life so hard for the kids.”

details Q:� Who issues birth certificates in Colorado? A:� A Colorado Certificate of Live Birth is issued by the state Office of Vital Statistics, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver or through vital records offices in counties. In El Paso County, the vital records office is located at the Public Health agency, 305 S. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs.

Q:� Is a birth certificate issued automatically or does it have to be requested by the parent(s)? A:� A birth certificates is not issued automatically; it must be requested by the parent(s). An ap-plication must be submitted with valid photo identification, such as a driver’s license or passport. A nonparent, such as a grandparent, requesting a birth certificate must

provide proof of the relationship and a direct and tangible interest in the record. Q:� What does it cost? A:� $17.75 and $10 for each ad-ditional copy. Q:� Is it the original document or a copy? A:� There is no original document, other than the electronic data base maintained by the state

Office of Vital Statistics. Hospitals report births to the state office, which provides the Certificate of Live Birth upon request. Typically, the birth certificate is mailed or can be picked up in person at either the state or county office two weeks after a child is born. Q:� Can a replacement be obtained for a lost birth certificate? A:� The process and cost is the

same as requesting the first certificate. However, a replace-ment can be obtained in person the same day. Q:� What if I never got a birth certificate? A:� You’ll need to gather other documents to prove who you are. Call 1-303-692-2200 or go to cdphe.state.co.us and click on “birth/death certificates” for more

grid: Not much of an issue until well into teensfrom page 1—

Jamie Lanosga builds the framework for a solar collector on the roof of a home near Woodland Park. Lanosga works under the table since she can’t get a regular job without a birth certificate and Social Security card.

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