Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2720.15 – Finality; time limitations
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2720.15
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Gestational carrier: means a woman who agrees to engage in a process by which she attempts to carry and give birth to a child born as a result of an in utero transfer of a human embryo to which she makes no genetic contribution. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2718.1
A. A party to the gestational carrier contract may bring an action to annul a Post-Birth Order. However, except as otherwise provided in this Part, no action to annul a Post-Birth Order may be brought except on the grounds of fraud or duress.
B. An action to annul a Post-Birth Order based upon a claim of fraud or duress perpetrated by:
(1) Anyone other than an intended parent shall be brought within one year from the date of the signing of the final decree or mailing of the notice of the judgment when required.
(2) An intended parent shall be brought within two years from the date of the signing of the final decree or mailing of the notice of the judgment when required.
Acts 2016, No. 494, §1.