Title 15, Title 15 Relations

(a) For the purpose of this article, an action to determine the existence of a genetic parent and child relationship is not barred until four (4) years after the child reaches the age of majority. (b) A genetic parent’s liability for past education and necessary support and maint…

This article does not apply to the birth of a child conceived by sexual intercourse or assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement under article 8 of this chapter.

(a) A donor is not a parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a person who provides a gamete or gametes or an embryo or embryos to be used for assisted reproduction for the person’s spouse is a parent of the re…

An individual who consents under § 15-8.1-704 to assisted reproduction by another individual with the intent to be a parent of a child conceived by the assisted reproduction is a parent of the child.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the consent described in § 15-8.1-703, must be in a record signed by the individual giving birth to a child conceived by assisted reproduction and the individual who intends to be a parent of the child. (b) In th…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a spouse may commence a proceeding to challenge his or her parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction during the marriage within two (2) years after the birth of the child if the court finds that the spou…

(a) If a marriage is dissolved by final decree of divorce before transfer or implantation of gametes or embryos, the former spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the former spouse consented in a signed record, with notice to the other spouse and the individual givi…

(a) 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 parentage of …

(a) An individual consenting to assisted reproduction consistent with this article, an individual who is a parent pursuant to §§ 15-8.1-703 and 15-8.1-704, or the individual giving birth, may commence a proceeding in the family court, before, on, or after birth of a resulting chi…

If due to a laboratory or clinical error, the child is not genetically related to either the intended parent or parents or any donor who donated to the intended parent or parents, the intended parent or parents are the parents of the child unless otherwise determined by the court…

(a) In order to execute an agreement to act as a gestational carrier, an individual shall: (1) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; (2) Have completed a medical evaluation; (3) Have completed a mental health consultation by a licensed professional who is independent of the f…

(a) A prospective gestational carrier, that individual’s spouse, if any, and the intended parent or parents may enter into a written agreement that: (1) The prospective gestational carrier agrees to pregnancy by means of assisted reproduction; (2) The prospective gestational carr…

(a)(1) If a gestational carrier agreement satisfies the requirements of this article, the intended parent or parents are the parent or parents of the resulting child and parental rights and responsibilities shall vest exclusively in the intended parent or parents immediately upon…

(a) Before the birth of a resulting child, a party to a gestational carrier agreement may commence a proceeding in the family court or the superior court to obtain a birth order declaring the parentage of a child. After the birth of a resulting child, the family court shall have …

Subject to the jurisdictional standards of chapter 10 of title 8, the court conducting a proceeding under this chapter has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction of all matters arising out of the gestational carrier agreement until a child born to the gestational carrier during the p…

(a) A party to a gestational carrier agreement may withdraw consent to any medical procedure and may terminate the gestational carrier agreement at any time prior to any embryo transfer or implantation by giving written notice of termination to all other parties. (b) Upon termina…

Unless a gestational carrier agreement expressly provides otherwise: (1) The marriage of a gestational carrier or of an intended parent after the agreement has been signed by all parties does not affect the validity of the agreement, the gestational carrier’s spouse’s consent or …

(a) A gestational carrier agreement that does not substantially comply with the requirements of this article is not enforceable. (b) In the event that a gestational carrier agreement does not substantially comply with the requirements of this article, the family court or the supe…

(a) The intended parent or parents are liable for the health care costs of the gestational carrier that are not paid by insurance. As used in this section, “health care costs” means the expenses of all health care provided for assisted reproduction, prenatal care, labor, and deli…

As used in this article: (1) “Identifying information” means: (i) The full name of a donor; (ii) The date of birth of the donor; and (iii) The permanent and, if different, current address of the donor at the time of the donation. (2) “Medical history” means information regarding …

This article applies only to gametes collected on or after the effective date of this act [January 1, 2021].

(a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state shall collect from a donor the donor’s identifying information and medical history at the time of the donation. (b) A gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state which receives gametes of a donor collected by…

(a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state which collects gametes from a donor shall: (1) Provide the donor with information in a record about the donor’s choice regarding identity disclosure; and (2) Obtain a declaration from the donor regarding identity disclo…

(a) On request of a child conceived by assisted reproduction who attains eighteen (18) years of age, a gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state which collected the gametes used in the assisted reproduction shall make a good-faith effort to provide the child with ide…

(a) A gamete bank or fertility clinic licensed in this state which collects gametes for use in assisted reproduction shall maintain identifying information and medical history about each gamete donor. The gamete bank or fertility clinic shall maintain records of gamete screening …