Act No. 175 Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. 175 (H.745). An act relating to the Vermont Parentage Act
Subjects: Parentage proceedings
This act makes a number of small substantive and technical corrections to the
parentage laws. Title 15C was enacted in 2018 as a comprehensive rewrite of the
parentage laws and lawmakers planned to revisit the title five years after implementation
to tweak the title based on practitioner experience. This act is the product of that review.
A few of the items addressed include:
• Permitting written or oral evidence of prebirth intent to parent a child through
the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART).
• A process where an individual may proceed with ART while a divorce is
pending.
• A directive that birth orders be ordered promptly in instances in which the
child was conceived through ART and parentage is uncontested. Similarly, in
cases of gestational carrier agreements, if parentage is uncontested and
everyone is in agreement as to who the parents are, the court shall issue the
parentage order promptly.
• Elimination of the requirements that intended parents of a child born via
surrogacy submit to complete a medical evaluation and mental health
consultation. Such individuals will be required to be provided with
psychosocial education and counseling related to the gestational carrier
agreement.
Effective Date: July 1, 2024
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 15C-102, 15C-104, 15C-206, 15C-402, 15C-501, 15C-704, 15C-705(a), 15C-705, 15C-706, 15C-708, 15C-801, 15C-803
As Passed By the House -- Official: 15C-102, 15C-104, 15C-206, 15C-402, 15C-501, 15C-704, 15C-705(a), 15C-705, 15C-706, 15C-708, 15C-801, 15C-803, 15C-804
As Passed By the House -- Unofficial: 15C-102, 15C-104, 15C-206, 15C-402, 15C-501, 15C-704, 15C-705(a), 15C-705, 15C-706, 15C-708, 15C-801, 15C-803, 15C-804
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 15C-102, 15C-104, 15C-206, 15C-402, 15C-501, 15C-704, 15C-705(a), 15C-705, 15C-706, 15C-708, 15C-801, 15C-803, 15C-804, 15-293, 15-294, 15-295, 15-780(7), 15-780, 15C-808(a), 15C-808
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 15C-102, 15C-104, 15C-206, 15C-402, 15C-501, 15C-704, 15C-705(a), 15C-705, 15C-706, 15C-708, 15C-801, 15C-803, 15C-804, 15-293, 15-294, 15-295, 15-780(7), 15-780, 15C-808(a), 15C-808
As Enacted: 15C-102, 15C-104, 15C-206, 15C-402, 15C-501, 15C-704, 15C-705(a), 15C-705, 15C-706, 15C-708, 15C-801, 15C-803, 15C-804, 15-293, 15-294, 15-295, 15-780(7), 15-780, 15C-808(a), 15C-808