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2023 SESSION

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HB 2357 Surrogacy; relinquishment of parental rights.

Introduced by: Kathleen Murphy | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Surrogacy; consent; relinquishment of parental rights. Provides that, at any time prior to the birth of a child, a surrogate may relinquish her parental rights to an intended parent, if at least one intended parent is the genetic parent of the child or the embryo was subject to the legal or contractual custody of such intended parent, by signing a surrogate consent and report form naming the intended parent as the parent of the child. Under current law, the surrogate may relinquish such parental rights to the intended parent upon expiration of three days following the birth of the child.


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