Family Court Act § 581-406 · Part 4. Surrogacy Agreement
Parentage under compliant surrogacy agreement
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§ 581-406. Parentage under compliant surrogacy agreement. Upon the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement that complies with this part, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a parent of the child and neither the person acting as surrogate nor the person's spouse, if applicable, is a parent of the child.
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