Parental status of donor

15C V.S.A. ch. 007, § 702, under Parentage by Assisted Reproduction.

15C V.S.A. ch. 007, § 702

§ 702. Parental status of donor

(a) A donor is not a parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:

(1) 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 resulting child; and

(2) a person who provides a gamete or an embryo for assisted reproduction is a parent of the resulting child if the person has a written agreement or agreements with the person giving birth that the person providing the gamete or the embryo is intended to be a parent. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)