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AZ HB2081
Bill
Status
1/15/2013
Primary Sponsor
Steve Smith
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 25-218 concerning surrogate parentage contracts and parental rights.
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Maintains prohibition on entering into, inducing, arranging, procuring or assisting in formation of surrogate parentage contracts.
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Establishes that a surrogate is the legal mother of a child born through surrogate parentage contract and is entitled to custody.
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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.
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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