Vt. Stat. tit. 15C § 704

Current through L. 2024, c. 185.
Section 704 - Consent to assisted reproduction
(a) A person who intends to be a parent of a child born through assisted reproduction shall consent to the use of assisted reproduction to conceive a child with the intent to parent the child:
(1) in a record, signed before, on, or after the birth of the child by each intended parent; or
(2) in an oral agreement entered into before conception by each intended parent.
(b) In the absence of evidence pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a court may adjudicate a person as the parent of a child if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that

the person resided with the child after birth and undertook to develop a parental relationship with the child.

15C V.S.A. § 704

Amended by 2024, No. 175,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.