Michigan Laws 722.857 – Surrogate parentage contract prohibited; conditions; surrogate parentage contract as felony; penalty
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Attorney's Note
Under the Michigan Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:| Class | Prison | Fine |
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| E | up to 5 years |
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.857
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Developmental disability: means that term as defined in section 100a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 722.853
- Intellectually disabled: means intellectual disability as that term is defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 722.853
- Mental illness: means that term as defined in section 400 of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 722.853
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Surrogate carrier: means the female in whom an embryo is implanted in a surrogate gestation procedure. See Michigan Laws 722.853
- Surrogate mother: means a female who is naturally or artificially inseminated and who subsequently gestates a child conceived through the insemination according to a surrogate parentage contract. See Michigan Laws 722.853
(1) A person shall not enter into, induce, arrange, procure, or otherwise assist in the formation of a surrogate parentage contract under which an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being intellectually disabled or as having a mental illness or developmental disability is the surrogate mother or surrogate carrier.
(2) A person other than an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being intellectually disabled or as having a mental illness or developmental disability who enters into, induces, arranges, procures, or otherwise assists in the formation of a contract described in subsection (1) is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $50,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.