Section 1924 - Consent to assisted reproduction1.Written consent. Consent by a person who intends to be a parent of a child born through assisted reproduction must be set forth in a signed record that is executed by each intended parent and provides that the signatories consent to use of assisted reproduction to conceive a child with the intent to parent the child. [2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1(NEW); 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1(AFF).]
2.Lack of written consent; parentage. Failure of a person to sign a consent required by subsection 1 before or after birth of the child does not preclude a finding of parentage: A. If consent can be proved by other means and the consenting individual resided with the child after birth and undertook to develop a parental relationship with the child; or [2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1(NEW); 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1(AFF).]B. As provided in this chapter. [2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1(NEW); 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1(AFF).] [2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1(NEW); 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1(AFF).]
3.Consent form. Consent under subsection 1 executed via a consent form adopted by the Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics must be accepted and relied upon for purposes of issuing a birth record. Nothing in this subsection precludes a person from filing a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage under subchapter 3. [2021, c. 141, §18(AMD).]
Amended by 2021SP1, c. 141,§ 18, eff. 10/1/2021.Added by 2015, c. 296,§ A-1, eff. 7/1/2016.