HB20-1292: Uniform Parentage Act (2017) Summary

• Repeals the existing "Uniform Parentage Act" (Article 4 of Title 19) and replaces it with the "Uniform Parentage Act (2017)" (new Article 4.1), modernizing Colorado's parentage laws based on a uniform model act.

• Establishes comprehensive procedures for determining parentage through multiple methods: voluntary acknowledgment, genetic testing, court adjudication, and presumptions of parentage based on marriage or household residence.

• Creates a registry of paternity requiring men to register within 30 days of a child's birth to receive notice of adoption or parental rights termination proceedings.

• Adds detailed provisions governing surrogacy arrangements (both gestational and genetic), including eligibility requirements, agreement validation, termination rights, and parentage determinations for children born under valid surrogacy agreements.

• Implements requirements for gamete banks and fertility clinics to collect and disclose donor identifying information and medical history to adult children conceived through assisted reproduction, with donor consent options.