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AZ HB2081

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2013

Primary Sponsor

Steve Smith

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature - First Regular Session (2013)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 25-218 concerning surrogate parentage contracts and parental rights.

  • Maintains prohibition on entering into, inducing, arranging, procuring or assisting in formation of surrogate parentage contracts.

  • Establishes that a surrogate is the legal mother of a child born through surrogate parentage contract and is entitled to custody.

  • Clarifies that if the surrogate mother is married, her husband is presumed to be the legal father of the child, with this presumption being rebuttable.

  • Provides definition of "surrogate parentage contract" as an agreement where a woman agrees to implantation of an unrelated embryo or conception through insemination and voluntary relinquishment of parental rights.

Legislative Description

Technical correction; marriage

Last Action

Introduced

1/15/2013

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