2020 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 15 - Utah Uniform Parentage Act
Part 8 - Gestational Agreement
Section 801 - Gestational agreement authorized.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 78B-15-801 (2020)
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78B-15-801. Gestational agreement authorized.
  • (1) A prospective gestational mother, her husband if she is married, a donor or the donors, and the intended parents may enter into a written agreement providing that:
    • (a) the prospective gestational mother agrees to pregnancy by means of assisted reproduction;
    • (b) the prospective gestational mother, her husband if she is married, and the donors relinquish all rights and duties as the parents of a child conceived through assisted reproduction; and
    • (c) the intended parents become the parents of the child.
  • (2) The intended gestational mother may not currently be receiving Medicaid or any other state assistance.
  • (3) The intended parents shall be married, and both spouses must be parties to the gestational agreement.
  • (4) A gestational agreement is enforceable only if validated as provided in Section 78B-15-803.
  • (5) A gestational agreement does not apply to the birth of a child conceived by means of sexual intercourse or if neither intended parent is a donor.
  • (6) The parties to a gestational agreement shall be 21 years of age or older.
  • (7) The gestational mother's eggs may not be used in the assisted reproduction procedure.
  • (8) If the gestational mother is married, her husband's sperm may not be used in the assisted reproduction procedure.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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