Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 8, August 19, 2024
Section 257E.24 - SPOUSE'S DISPUTE OF PARENTAGE; LIMITATIONS(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), an individual who, at the time of a child's birth, is the spouse of the parent who gave birth to the child by assisted reproduction may not challenge the individual's parentage of the child unless: (1) not later than two years after the birth of the child, the spouse commences a proceeding to adjudicate the spouse's parentage of the child; and(2) the court finds that the spouse did not consent to the assisted reproduction before, on, or after birth of the child, or withdrew consent under section 25726.(b) A proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction may be commenced at any time if the court determines:(1) the spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction;(2) the spouse and the parent who gave birth to the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and(3) the spouse never openly held out the child as the spouse's child.(c) This section applies to a spouse's dispute of parentage even if the spouse's marriage is declared invalid after assisted reproduction occurs.Added by 2024 Minn. Laws, ch. 101,s 4-6, eff. 8/1/2024.