81-5-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.
(1) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in; Part 8, Gestational Agreement an adjudication of the woman's maternity; adoption of the child by the woman; an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under, or is enforceable under other law; or Part 8, Gestational Agreement an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section. 81-5-204 In this chapter, the presumption of maternity shall be treated the same as a presumption of paternity as established in Subsection (2)(a).
(2) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by: an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section; 81-5-204 an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged; an adjudication of the man's paternity; adoption of the child by the man; the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under, which resulted in the birth of the child; or Part 7, Assisted Reproduction an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under, or is enforceable under other law. Part 8, Gestational Agreement