Title 722, CHILDREN

Sec. 105. Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under this act applies for all purposes. An individual who establishes a parent-child relationship under this act is considered a natural parent for all purposes, including under the child cu…

Sec. 106. A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction.

Sec. 107. Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage under this act is in the county of this state in which 1 of the following occurs: (a) The child resides, is born, or will be born. (b) A parent or intended parent resides. (c) A proceeding has been commenced for administrat…

Sec. 108. Genetic testing may not be used for either of the following purposes: (a) To challenge the parentage of an individual who is a parent under part 2 or 3. (b) To establish the parentage of an individual who is a donor under this act.

Sec. 109. On request of a party, the court may order the court records in an action under this act to be sealed to the general public. If the records are ordered sealed, all pleadings, papers, or documents in the court records, including the case history or registry of actions, m…

Sec. 201. An individual who consents under section 202 to assisted reproduction with the intent to be a parent of a child conceived by the assisted reproduction is a parent of the child.

Sec. 202. (1) The consent described in section 201 must be either of the following: (a) In a record signed before, on, or after the birth of the child by the individual who gave birth to the child and by an individual who intends to be a parent of the child. An acknowledgment of …

Sec. 203. (1) An individual who is an intended parent or the individual who gave birth to the child may bring a proceeding to adjudicate parentage for a judgment of parentage in the family division of the circuit court. If the court determines the individual is a parent under thi…

Sec. 204. (1) If an individual who intends to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction dies during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the child, the individual's death does not preclude the establishment of the individual's par…

Sec. 301. (1) To execute an agreement to act as a surrogate, an individual must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be 21 years of age or older. (b) Have previously given birth to at least 1 child. (c) Have completed a medical evaluation concerning the surrogacy arrangeme…

Sec. 302. A surrogacy agreement must meet all of the following requirements: (a) One or more of the following must apply: (i) At least 1 party must be a resident of this state. (ii) The birth will occur or is anticipated to occur in this state. (iii) The assisted reproduction per…

Sec. 303. (1) A surrogacy agreement must comply with all of the following requirements: (a) The surrogate must agree to attempt to become pregnant by means of assisted reproduction. (b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 306, 308, and 309, the surrogate and the surrogate's …

Sec. 304. (1) Unless a surrogacy agreement expressly provides otherwise, both of the following apply: (a) The marriage of a surrogate after the surrogacy agreement is signed by all parties does not affect the validity of the agreement, the spouse's consent to the agreement is not…

Sec. 305. (1) A party to a surrogacy agreement may terminate the agreement at any time before a gamete or an embryo transfer by giving notice of termination in a record to all other parties. If a gamete or an embryo transfer does not result in a pregnancy, a party may terminate t…

Sec. 306. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) and sections 307(2), 308, and 309, on birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement that complies with this part, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a parent of the child. (2…

Sec. 307. (1) Section 306 applies to an intended parent even if the intended parent died during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the child. (2) Except as otherwise provided in sections 308 and 309, an intended parent is not a parent of a chil…

Sec. 308. (1) Before, on, or after the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement that complies with this part, a party to the agreement may commence an action in the family division of the circuit court for entry of a parentage judgment. The …

Sec. 309. (1) A surrogacy agreement that substantially complies with sections 302 and 303 is enforceable. (2) If a child was conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement that does not substantially meet the material requirements of this part, a court must determ…