Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-557.12
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Notice of birth to be filed with court – Court order
Official statutory text
A. Upon the birth of a child to a gestational carrier under a
validated gestational agreement, the intended parents shall file a
notice of the birth with the court not later than twenty-one (21)
days after the birth occurs.
B. Upon receiving notice of the birth, the court shall render
an order that:
1. Confirms that the intended parents are the child's parents;
2. If necessary, requires the gestational carrier and any
spouse of the gestational carrier if she is married to surrender the
child to the intended parents; and
3. If necessary, requires the state registrar of vital
statistics to issue a birth certificate naming the intended parents
as the child's sole parents.
C. If the intended parents fail to file the notice required by
subsection A of this section, the gestational carrier or an
appropriate state agency may file the notice required by that
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subsection. On a showing that an order validating the gestational
agreement was rendered in accordance with the Oklahoma Gestational
Agreement Act, the court shall order that the intended parents are
the child's parents and are financially responsible for the child.
D. If a person alleges that a child born to a gestational
carrier:
1. Did not result from assisted reproduction; or
2. Is a genetic child of the gestational carrier or the
gestational spouse, such that either the gestational carrier or the
gestational spouse made a genetic contribution to any gamete from
which the child was conceived or the embryo from which the child was
grown,
the court shall order that scientifically accepted parentage testing
in compliance with Oklahoma law be conducted to determine the
child's parentage. If the court determines that any of the
allegations in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection are true, the
Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act shall not apply and the
parentage, rights and obligations of the parties and the child shall
be determined as otherwise provided by Oklahoma law. Any action
related to such allegations may only be brought within one hundred
eighty (180) days after the birth of the child and not afterward.
The preceding sentence shall be interpreted as a statute of repose
and not as a statute of limitations.
validated gestational agreement, the intended parents shall file a
notice of the birth with the court not later than twenty-one (21)
days after the birth occurs.
B. Upon receiving notice of the birth, the court shall render
an order that:
1. Confirms that the intended parents are the child's parents;
2. If necessary, requires the gestational carrier and any
spouse of the gestational carrier if she is married to surrender the
child to the intended parents; and
3. If necessary, requires the state registrar of vital
statistics to issue a birth certificate naming the intended parents
as the child's sole parents.
C. If the intended parents fail to file the notice required by
subsection A of this section, the gestational carrier or an
appropriate state agency may file the notice required by that
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 116
subsection. On a showing that an order validating the gestational
agreement was rendered in accordance with the Oklahoma Gestational
Agreement Act, the court shall order that the intended parents are
the child's parents and are financially responsible for the child.
D. If a person alleges that a child born to a gestational
carrier:
1. Did not result from assisted reproduction; or
2. Is a genetic child of the gestational carrier or the
gestational spouse, such that either the gestational carrier or the
gestational spouse made a genetic contribution to any gamete from
which the child was conceived or the embryo from which the child was
grown,
the court shall order that scientifically accepted parentage testing
in compliance with Oklahoma law be conducted to determine the
child's parentage. If the court determines that any of the
allegations in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection are true, the
Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act shall not apply and the
parentage, rights and obligations of the parties and the child shall
be determined as otherwise provided by Oklahoma law. Any action
related to such allegations may only be brought within one hundred
eighty (180) days after the birth of the child and not afterward.
The preceding sentence shall be interpreted as a statute of repose
and not as a statute of limitations.
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