2020 New York Laws
DOM - Domestic Relations
Article 8 - Genetic Surrogate Parenting Contracts
121 - Definitions.

* § 121. Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context or
subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation:
  1. "Birth  mother"  shall  mean  a  woman  who  gives birth to a child
pursuant to a surrogate parenting contract.
  2. "Genetic father" shall mean a man who provides sperm for the  birth
of a child born pursuant to a surrogate parenting contract.
  3. "Genetic  mother"  shall  mean a woman who provides an ovum for the
birth of a child born pursuant to a surrogate parenting contract.
  4. "Surrogate parenting contract" shall mean any  agreement,  oral  or
written, in which:
  (a)  a  woman  agrees either to be inseminated with the sperm of a man
who is not her husband or to be impregnated with an embryo that  is  the
product  of  an  ovum  fertilized with the sperm of a man who is not her
husband; and
  (b) the woman agrees to, or intends to, surrender or  consent  to  the
adoption  of  the  child  born  as  a  result  of  such  insemination or
impregnation.
  * NB Effective until February 15, 2021
  * § 121. Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context or
subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation:
  1. "Genetic surrogate" shall mean a person who gives birth to a  child
who  is  the  person's  genetic  child  pursuant  to a genetic surrogate
parenting agreement.
  2. "Genetic surrogate parenting agreement" shall mean  any  agreement,
oral or written, in which:
  (a) a genetic surrogate agrees either to be inseminated with the sperm
of  a person who is not their spouse or to be impregnated with an embryo
that is the product of the genetic surrogate's ovum fertilized with  the
sperm of a person who is not their spouse; and
  (b)  the  genetic  surrogate  agrees  to,  or intends to, surrender or
consent to  the  adoption  of  the  child  born  as  a  result  of  such
insemination or impregnation.
  * NB Effective February 15, 2021