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Fla. Stat. § 742.11

Presumed status of child conceived by means of artificial or in vitro insemination or donated eggs or preembryos

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kathleen Steele v. Commissioner of Social Security (2022)

Most recently applied in Kathleen Steele v. Commissioner of Social Security (October 2022)

History.--s. 1, ch. 73-104; s. 5, ch. 90-139; s. 1, ch. 93-237.

(1) Except in the case of gestational surrogacy, any child born within wedlock who has been conceived by the means of artificial or in vitro insemination is irrebuttably presumed to be the child of the husband and wife, provided that both husband and wife have consented in writing to the artificial or in vitro insemination.

(2) Except in the case of gestational surrogacy, any child born within wedlock who has been conceived by means of donated eggs or preembryos shall be irrebuttably presumed to be the child of the recipient gestating woman and her husband, provided that both parties have consented in writing to the use of donated eggs or preembryos.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.