2014 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 722 - CHILDREN
Act 199 of 1988 SURROGATE PARENTING ACT (722.851 - 722.863)
Section 722.857 Surrogate parentage contract prohibited; conditions; surrogate parentage contract as felony; penalty.
SURROGATE PARENTING ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 199 of 1988
722.857 Surrogate parentage contract prohibited; conditions; surrogate parentage contract as felony; penalty.
Sec. 7.
(1) A person shall not enter into, induce, arrange, procure, or otherwise assist in the formation of a surrogate parentage contract under which an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being intellectually disabled or as having a mental illness or developmental disability is the surrogate mother or surrogate carrier.
(2) A person other than an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being intellectually disabled or as having a mental illness or developmental disability who enters into, induces, arranges, procures, or otherwise assists in the formation of a contract described in subsection (1) is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $50,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
History: 1988, Act 199, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014
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