The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 15C : Parentage Proceedings
Chapter 007 : Parentage by Assisted Reproduction
(Cite as: 15C V.S.A. § 702)-
§ 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.)
