78B-15-201 - Establishment of parent-child relationship.
78B-15-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.
(1) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:
(a) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8,Gestational Agreement;
(b) an adjudication of the woman's maternity;
(c) adoption of the child by the woman; or
(d) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestationalmother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceableunder other law.
(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 Section78B-15-204;
(b) an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declarationof Paternity, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged;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, AssistedReproduction, 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 motherif the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under otherlaw.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session