Title 10 — Title 10 — Children
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10 O.S. § 505 Repealed by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 62, eff. Nov. 1, 2006
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10 O.S. § 505 Repealed by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 62, eff. Nov. 1, 2006
10 O.S. § 506 Repealed by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 62, eff. Nov. 1, 2006
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10 O.S. § 506 Repealed by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 62, eff. Nov. 1, 2006
10 O.S. § 507 Repealed by Laws 1994, c. 356, § 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1994
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10 O.S. § 507 Repealed by Laws 1994, c. 356, § 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1994
10 O.S. § 508 Repealed by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 62, eff. Nov. 1, 2006
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10 O.S. § 508 Repealed by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 62, eff. Nov. 1, 2006
10 O.S. § 531 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
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10 O.S. § 531 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
10 O.S. § 532 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
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10 O.S. § 532 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
10 O.S. § 533 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
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10 O.S. § 533 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
10 O.S. § 534 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
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10 O.S. § 534 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
10 O.S. § 535 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
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10 O.S. § 535 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
10 O.S. § 536 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
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10 O.S. § 536 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
10 O.S. § 537 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
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10 O.S. § 537 Repealed by Laws 2016, c. 224, § 1
10 O.S. § 55 Repealed by Laws 1994, c. 356, § 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1994
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10 O.S. § 55 Repealed by Laws 1994, c. 356, § 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1994
10 O.S. § 55.1 Renumbered as § 7506-1.1 of this title by Laws 1997, c
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366, § 58, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
10 O.S. § 551 Authorization
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The technique of heterologous artificial insemination may be performed in this State by persons duly authorized to practice medicine at the request and with the consent in writing of the husband and wife desiring the utilization of such technique for the purpose of conceiving a c…
10 O.S. § 552 Status of child
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Any child or children born as the result thereof shall be considered at law in all respects the same as a naturally conceived legitimate child of the husband and wife so requesting and consenting to the use of such technique. Laws 1967, c. 305, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 1967.
10 O.S. § 553 Persons authorized - Consent
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No person shall perform the technique of heterologous artificial insemination unless currently licensed to practice medicine in this State, and then only at the request and with the written consent of the husband and wife desiring the utilization of such technique. The said conse…
10 O.S. § 554 Legal status of child or children born as result of
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heterologous oocyte donation. Any child or children born as a result of a heterologous oocyte donation shall be considered for all legal intents and purposes, the same as a naturally conceived legitimate child of the husband and wife which consent to and receive an oocyte pursuan…
10 O.S. § 555 Rights, obligations and interest of oocyte donor
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respecting child and child respecting donor. An oocyte donor shall have no right, obligation or interest with respect to a child born as a result of a heterologous oocyte donation from such donor. A child born as a result of a heterologous oocyte donation shall have no right, obl…
10 O.S. § 556 Human embryo transfer and donation – Consents – Legal
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rights, obligations or interests. A. 1. No person shall perform the technique of human embryo transfer unless currently licensed to practice medicine in this state, and then only at the request and with the written consent of the husband and wife desiring to receive the human emb…
10 O.S. § 557 Short title - Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act
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Sections 1 through 26 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act". Added by Laws 2019, c. 433, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.
10 O.S. § 557.1 Policy
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It is the policy of the State of Oklahoma to allow private parties to enter into gestational agreements in order to help facilitate the birth of children to parents who are not otherwise able to conceive or carry them, to allow the gestational carriers of such children to be prop…
10 O.S. § 557.10 Required findings to validate an agreement – Court
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order of validation – Review - Deficiencies. A. A court may validate a gestational agreement only as provided by this section. B. A gestational agreement may be validated under the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act only if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that:…
10 O.S. § 557.11 Rights of child – Parent-child relationship
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A. Upon the validation by the court of a gestational agreement conforming with the requirements of the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act, any child born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure to a gestational carrier under the gestational agreement shall be considered…
10 O.S. § 557.12 Notice of birth to be filed with court – Court order
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A. Upon the birth of a child to a gestational carrier under a validated gestational agreement, the intended parents shall file a notice of the birth with the court not later than twenty-one (21) days after the birth occurs. B. Upon receiving notice of the birth, the court shall r…
10 O.S. § 557.13 Amendments to agreement must be validated
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A. If the parties to a validated gestational agreement desire to amend it, the amended gestational agreement must be validated to be enforceable. B. To validate amendments to a previously validated gestational agreement, an amended petition must be filed in the same cause as the …
10 O.S. § 557.14 Termination of agreement
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A. In no event may a gestational agreement be terminated after the gestational carrier becomes pregnant by means of assisted reproduction. B. Other than as prohibited by subsection A of this section, a gestational agreement may be terminated by any party thereto as permitted by t…
10 O.S. § 557.15 Proceedings governed by Code of Civil Procedure -
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Confidentiality. Unless otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act, any proceedings conducted pursuant to this act will be governed by the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of Oklahoma. All such proceedings, any pleadings, motions, documents or records associ…
10 O.S. § 557.16 Venue and jurisdiction
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Venue and jurisdiction for all matters arising out of or related to a gestational agreement shall lie only in the district court of the county where the gestational carrier resided at the time the gestational agreement was entered into or in the district courts of Tulsa County or…
10 O.S. § 557.17 Compensation to gestational carrier
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A. A gestational carrier may receive reimbursement for expenses and economic losses resulting from participation in the gestational carrier arrangement contemplated by a gestational agreement. B. A gestational carrier may be paid a reasonable compensation for carrying a child pur…
10 O.S. § 557.18 Donors may be parties to the agreement
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A. Any one or more donors that will be supplying any gametes or embryos in connection with a gestational carrier arrangement may be, but are not required to be, a party to the gestational agreement, and any consents required of such donor or such donor's physician by Oklahoma law…
10 O.S. § 557.19 Gametes or embryos of the gestational carrier or
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gestational spouse. No gamete or embryo to which the gestational carrier or the gestational spouse has contributed any genetic material may be used in the assisted reproduction procedure set forth in a gestational agreement covered by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act. Any a…
10 O.S. § 557.2 Definitions
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As used in the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act: 1. "Act" means the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act; 2. "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes, but is not limited to, intrauterine insemination, donation of…
10 O.S. § 557.20 Parents to be listed on certificate of birth
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Upon the birth of a child contemplated by a validated gestational agreement, the intended parents under such validated gestational agreement shall be listed as the parents on the child's certificate of birth that is to be filed with the state registrar of vital statistics as prov…
10 O.S. § 557.21 Death of intended parent prior to birth of child –
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Testamentary and inheritance rights. A. In the event that an intended parent predeceases the birth of a child contemplated by a validated gestational agreement, the terms and conditions of the gestational agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and upon birth the resulti…
10 O.S. § 557.22 Marriage or divorce of a gestational carrier
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A. The marriage of a gestational carrier after she enters into a gestational agreement does not affect the gestational agreement. In such instances, the consent of the person who became the spouse of the gestational carrier after the gestational carrier entered into the gestation…
10 O.S. § 557.23 Laboratory or clinical error
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A. If a gestational agreement has been validated and if, because of a laboratory error or clinical error, the resulting child under such gestational agreement is not genetically related to one or more of the intended parents or one or more of the donors who donated to the intende…
10 O.S. § 557.24 Breach of agreement
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A. This section shall govern the breach of validated gestational agreements and any gestational agreements that have not been validated, but only to the extent those nonvalidated gestational agreements are otherwise enforceable under the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act. B. In …
10 O.S. § 557.25 Application with other laws
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Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act, all other laws regarding parentage and the determination thereof remain in full force and effect. Added by Laws 2019, c. 433, § 26, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.
10 O.S. § 557.3 Gestational agreement – Legal contract
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A. Any prospective gestational carrier who meets the requirements for gestational carriers pursuant to the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act and the gestational spouse, if applicable, may enter into a gestational agreement with one or more intended parents of a child to be conce…
10 O.S. § 557.4 Gestational carrier - Qualifications
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A. In order to serve as a gestational carrier under a gestational agreement, the gestational carrier must: 1. Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time she enters into the gestational agreement; 2. Have given birth to at least one child; 3. Have been a resident of Okla…
10 O.S. § 557.5 Necessary parties to agreement - Requirements
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A. The following persons, and only the following persons, are necessary parties to a gestational agreement, and a gestational agreement shall not be validated if all such applicable necessary parties have not joined in the gestational agreement in compliance with the Oklahoma Ges…
10 O.S. § 557.6 Agreement requirements - Validation
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A. A gestational agreement must meet the following requirements in order for it to be validated: 1. The gestational agreement must be in writing; 2. The gestational agreement must be acknowledged before a notary public by each of the parties; 3. All parties to the gestational agr…
10 O.S. § 557.7 Validated agreement required prior to transfer of
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gametes or embryos. A. A gestational agreement must be validated as provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act prior to the transfer of gametes or embryos to the gestational carrier for the purpose of conception or implantation under a gestational carrier arrangement. B. …
10 O.S. § 557.8 Limited enforceability of an unvalidated agreement
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A. A gestational agreement that is not validated as provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act is unenforceable except to the extent expressly provided by this act. B. The parent-child relationship for a child born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure under a…
10 O.S. § 557.9 Procedure to obtain court validation
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The following shall be the procedure to request that the court validate a gestational agreement: 1. Any one or more of the parties to a gestational agreement shall file a petition to validate the gestational agreement in a district court having jurisdiction as provided by the Okl…
10 O.S. § 57 Repealed by Laws 1996, c. 297, § 29, emerg. eff. June 10
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1996.
10 O.S. § 571 Repealed by Laws 2008, c. 156, § 2, eff. upon enactment by
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35 states or July 1, 2008, whichever is later.
10 O.S. § 572 Repealed by Laws 2008, c. 156, § 2, eff. upon enactment by
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35 states or July 1, 2008, whichever is later.
10 O.S. § 573 Repealed by Laws 2008, c. 156, § 2, eff. upon enactment by
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35 states or July 1, 2008, whichever is later.
10 O.S. § 574 Repealed by Laws 2008, c. 156, § 2, eff. upon enactment by
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35 states or July 1, 2008, whichever is later.