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§ 40-11A-801 NMSA 1978

Gestational agreements not authorized or prohibited

Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 8 -801.

A. The New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act does not authorize or prohibit an agreement between a woman and the intended parents:

(1) in which the woman relinquishes all rights as the parent of a child to be conceived by means of assisted reproduction; and

(2) that provides that the intended parents become the parents of the child.

B. If a birth results pursuant to a gestational agreement pursuant to Subsection A of this section and the agreement is unenforceable under other law of New Mexico, the parent-child relationship shall be determined pursuant to Article 2 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.