Subdivision 1.Third-party donor.

A parent-child relationship does not exist between a child of assisted reproduction and a third-party donor.

Subd. 2.Parent-child relationship with birth mother.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 524.2-120

  • children: includes children by birth or adoption;

    (9) "day" comprises the time from midnight to the next midnight;

    (10) "fiscal year" means the year by or for which accounts are reckoned;

    (11) "hereafter" means a reference to the time after the time when the law containing such word takes effect;

    (12) "heretofore" means a reference to the time previous to the time when the law containing such word takes effect;

    (13) "judicial sale" means a sale conducted by an officer or person authorized for the purpose by some competent tribunal;

    (14) "minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years;

    (15) "money" means lawful money of the United States;

    (16) "night time" means the time from sunset to sunrise;

    (17) "non compos mentis" refers to an individual of unsound mind;

    (18) "notary" means a notary public;

    (19) "now" in any provision of a law referring to other laws in force, or to persons in office, or to any facts or circumstances as existing, relates to the laws in force, or to the persons in office, or to the facts or circumstances existing, respectively, on the effective date of such provision;

    (20) "verified" when used in reference to writings, means supported by oath or affirmation. See Minnesota Statutes 645.45

  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

A parent-child relationship exists between a child of assisted reproduction and the child’s birth mother.

Subd. 3.Parent-child relationship with husband whose sperm were used during his lifetime by his wife for assisted reproduction.

Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 9, a parent-child relationship exists between a child of assisted reproduction and the husband of the child’s birth mother if the husband provided the sperm that the birth mother used during his lifetime for assisted reproduction.

Subd. 4.Official birth record; presumptive effect.

An official birth record identifying a man as the other parent of a child of assisted reproduction presumptively establishes a parent-child relationship between the child and that man.

Subd. 5.Parent-child relationship with another.

Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions 6, 8, and 9, and unless a parent-child relationship is established under subdivision 4, a parent-child relationship is presumed to exist between a child of assisted reproduction and a man who consented to assisted reproduction by the birth mother with intent to be treated as the other parent of the child. Consent to assisted reproduction by the birth mother with intent to be treated as the other parent of the child is established if the man:

(1) before or after the child’s birth, signed a record that, considering all the facts and circumstances, evidences the man’s consent; or

(2) in the absence of a signed record under clause (1):

(i) functioned as the other parent of the child no later than two years after the child’s birth; or

(ii) intended to function as the other parent of the child no later than two years after the child’s birth but was prevented from carrying out that intent by death, incapacity, or other circumstances, if that intent is established by clear and convincing evidence.

Subd. 6.Effect of record signed more than two years after the birth of the child.

For the purpose of subdivision 5, clause (1), neither a man who signed a record more than two years after the birth of the child, nor a relative of that man who is not also a relative of the birth mother, inherits from or through the child unless the man functioned as a parent of the child before the child reached 18 years of age.

Subd. 7.Presumption; birth mother is married or surviving spouse.

(a) Paragraphs (b) and (c) apply to subdivision 5, clause (2).

(b) If the birth mother is married and no divorce proceeding is pending, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, her spouse satisfies subdivision 5, clause (2), item (i) or (ii).

(c) If the birth mother is a surviving spouse and at her deceased spouse’s death no divorce proceeding was pending, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, her deceased spouse satisfies subdivision 5, clause (2), item (ii).

Subd. 8.Divorce before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.

If a married couple is divorced before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, a child resulting from the assisted reproduction is not a child of the birth mother’s former spouse, unless the former spouse consented in a record or such consent is established by clear and convincing evidence that if assisted reproduction were to occur after divorce, the child would be treated as the former spouse’s child.

Subd. 9.Withdrawal of consent before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos.

If, in a record or through clear and convincing evidence, a man withdraws consent to assisted reproduction before placement of eggs, sperm, or embryos, a child resulting from the assisted reproduction is not a child of that man, unless the man subsequently satisfies subdivision 4 or 5.

Subd. 10.Exclusion of posthumously conceived children.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section and subject to section 524.2-108, a parent-child relationship does not exist between a child of assisted reproduction and another person unless the child of assisted reproduction is in gestation prior to the death of such person.