Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 78B-15-201 - Establishment of parent-child relationship(1)(a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: (i) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement;(ii) an adjudication of the woman's maternity;(iii) adoption of the child by the woman;(iv) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law; or(v) an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section 78B-15-204.(b) In this chapter, the presumption of maternity shall be treated the same as a presumption of paternity as established in Subsection 78B-15-201(2)(a).(2) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:(a) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 78B-15-204;(b) an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity Act, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged;(c) an adjudication of the man's paternity;(d) adoption of the child by the man;(e) the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Part 7, Assisted Reproduction, which resulted in the birth of the child; or(f) an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law.Amended by Chapter 156, 2017 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/9/2017.Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session.