Best interests of child; basis for court decisions

Sec. 3. After March 14, 1988, a court may not base a decision concerning the best interests of a child in any civil action solely on evidence that a surrogate and any other person: (1) entered into a surrogate agreement; or (2) acted in accordance with a surrogate agreement; unless a party proves that the surrogate agreement was entered into through duress, fraud, or misrepresentation. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-8-2-3.] As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.12.