The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 15C : Parentage Proceedings
Chapter 007 : Parentage by Assisted Reproduction
(Cite as: 15C V.S.A. § 704)-
§ 704. Consent to assisted reproduction
(a)(1) A person who intends to be a parent of a child born through assisted reproduction shall consent to such in a signed record that is executed by each intended parent and provides that the signatories consent to the use of assisted reproduction to conceive a child with the intent to parent the child.
(2) Consent pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, executed via a form made available by the Department of Health, shall be accepted and relied upon for purposes of issuing a birth record.
(b) In the absence of a record pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a court may adjudicate a person as the parent of a child if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(1) prior to conception or birth of the child, the parties entered into an agreement that they both intended to be the parents of the child; or
(2) the person resided with the child after birth and undertook to develop a parental relationship with the child. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
