2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 15C - Parentage Proceedings
Chapter 7 - Parentage by Assisted Reproduction
§ 702. Parental status of donor

Universal Citation:
15 VT Stats § 702
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§ 702. Parental status of donor

(a) A donor is not a parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:

(1) a person who provides a gamete or gametes or an embryo or embryos to be used for assisted reproduction for the person’s spouse is a parent of the resulting child; and

(2) a person who provides a gamete or an embryo for assisted reproduction is a parent of the resulting child if the person has a written agreement or agreements with the person giving birth that the person providing the gamete or the embryo is intended to be a parent. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

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