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Utah Code § 81-5-807

Parentage under validated gestational agreement

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session

(1)

(a) Upon birth of a child to a gestational mother, the intended parents shall file notice with the tribunal that a child has been born to the gestational mother within 300 days after assisted reproduction.

(b) If the intended parents file a notice described in Subsection (1)(a), the tribunal shall issue an order:

(i) confirming that the intended parents are the parents of the child;

(ii) if necessary, ordering that the child be surrendered to the intended parents; and

(iii) directing the Office of Vital Records and Statistics to issue a birth certificate naming the intended parents as parents of the child.

(2) If the parentage of a child born to the gestational mother is in dispute as not the result of an assisted reproduction, the tribunal shall order genetic testing to determine the parentage of the child.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.