The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 15C : Parentage Proceedings
Chapter 008 : Parentage by Gestational Carrier Agreement
(Cite as: 15C V.S.A. § 806)-
§ 806. Termination of gestational carrier agreement
(a) A party to a gestational carrier agreement may withdraw consent to any medical procedure and may terminate the gestational carrier agreement at any time prior to any embryo transfer or implantation by giving written notice of termination to all other parties.
(b) Upon termination of the gestational carrier agreement under subsection (a) of this section, the parties are released from all obligations recited in the agreement except that the intended parent or parents remain responsible for all expenses that are reimbursable under the agreement incurred by the gestational carrier through the date of termination. The gestational carrier is entitled to keep all payments received and obtain all payments to which the gestational carrier is entitled. Neither a prospective gestational carrier nor the gestational carrier’s spouse, if any, is liable to the intended parent or parents for terminating a gestational carrier agreement. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
