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Section 201 - Establishment of parent-child relationship.

UT Code § 78B-15-201 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) (a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: (i) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement; (ii) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; (iii) adoption of the child by the woman; (iv) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law; or (v) an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section 78B-15-204. (b) In this chapter, the presumption of maternity shall be treated the same as a presumption of paternity as established in Subsection 78B-15-201(2)(a).

(a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: (i) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement; (ii) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; (iii) adoption of the child by the woman; (iv) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law; or (v) an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section 78B-15-204.

(i) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement;

(ii) an adjudication of the woman's maternity;

(iii) adoption of the child by the woman;

(iv) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law; or

(v) an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section 78B-15-204.

(b) In this chapter, the presumption of maternity shall be treated the same as a presumption of paternity as established in Subsection 78B-15-201(2)(a).

(2) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by: (a) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 78B-15-204; (b) an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity Act, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged; (c) an adjudication of the man's paternity; (d) adoption of the child by the man; (e) the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Part 7, Assisted Reproduction, which resulted in the birth of the child; or (f) an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law.

(a) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 78B-15-204;

(b) an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity Act, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

(c) an adjudication of the man's paternity;

(d) adoption of the child by the man;

(e) the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Part 7, Assisted Reproduction, which resulted in the birth of the child; or

(f) an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law.

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Section 201 - Establishment of parent-child relationship.