2024 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 46b - Family Law
Chapter 818 - Connecticut Parentage Act and Parentage-Related Provisions
Section 46b-521. - Surrogacy agreements. Definitions.
As used in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive:
(1) “Genetic surrogate” means a person who is not an intended parent and who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using that person's own gamete, under a genetic surrogacy agreement as provided in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive.
(2) “Gestational surrogate” means a person who is not an intended parent and who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using gametes that are not that person's own, under a gestational surrogacy agreement as provided in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive.
(3) “Surrogacy agreement” means an agreement between one or more intended parents and a person who is not an intended parent in which such person agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction and which provides that each intended parent is a parent of a child conceived under the agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, “surrogacy agreement” includes an agreement with a person acting as a gestational surrogate and an agreement with a person acting as a genetic surrogate.
(P.A. 21-15, S. 60.)
History: P.A. 21-15 effective January 1, 2022.
