(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or section 19-4.5-110 (2) or 19-4.5-112 , on birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a parent of the child. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or section 19-4.5-112 , neither a gestational surrogate or genetic surrogate nor the surrogate’s spouse or former spouse, if any, is a parent of the child. (3) If a child is alleged to be a genetic child of the individual who agreed to be a gestational surrogate, the court shall order genetic testing of the child. If the child is a genetic child of the individual who agreed to be a gestational surrogate, parentage must be determined based on article 4 of this title 19. (4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or section 19-4.5-110 (2) or 19-4.5-112 , if, due to a clinical or laboratory error, a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement is not genetically related to an intended parent or a donor who donated to the intended parent or parents, each intended parent, and not the gestational surrogate or genetic surrogate and the surrogate’s spouse or former spouse, if any, is a parent of the child, subject to any other claim of parentage. (5) A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction.
C.R.S. § 19-4.5-109
Establishment of parent-child relationship under surrogacy agreement
Known as the Colorado Children’s Code
The act spans §§ 19-1-101 to 19-7-315 (377 sections).
Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.