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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.

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