§ 557.6. Agreement requirements--Validation
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 10. ChildrenEffective: May 23, 2019
Effective: May 23, 2019
10 Okl.St.Ann. § 557.6
§ 557.6. Agreement requirements--Validation
3. All parties to the gestational agreement must be represented by legal counsel regarding the gestational agreement, and the parties to the gestational agreement may share legal counsel provided that the gestational carrier and gestational spouse, if applicable, must have legal counsel that is separate and independent from the legal counsel for the intended parents; and
4. The gestational agreement must contain a written statement, signed by each party's legal counsel, identifying which parties to the gestational agreement such counsel represents and stating that such counsel has advised such parties of the potential legal consequences of entering into the gestational agreement.
3. That the gestational carrier and the gestational spouse, if applicable, relinquish all parental rights and obligations with respect to any child contemplated by the gestational agreement that is conceived or implanted through assisted reproduction and shall surrender all legal and physical custody of that child to the intended parents immediately upon birth of that child;
4. That the intended parents shall be the sole parents of any child born pursuant to the gestational carrier arrangement and that such intended parents shall be entitled to and shall accept legal and physical custody of the child and all parental rights and obligations with respect to such child immediately upon the child's birth, regardless of the mental or physical condition of such child or the number of such children; provided, however, that such child is not a genetic child of the gestational carrier or the gestational spouse;
2. The gestational carrier's agreement to abstain from any activities that the intended parents or the physician providing care to the gestational carrier during the pregnancy reasonably believe to be harmful to the pregnancy or the future health of any resulting child, including, without limitation, smoking, drinking alcohol, using nonprescribed drugs, using prescription drugs not authorized by a physician aware of the pregnancy, exposure to radiation or any other activity proscribed by a health care provider;
4. The agreement of the intended parents to pay for or reimburse the gestational carrier or any spouse of the gestational carrier for reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, medical, legal or other professional expenses or lost time from work related to the gestational carrier arrangement or the gestational agreement; and
Credits
Laws 2019, c. 433, § 7, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.
10 Okl. St. Ann. § 557.6, OK ST T. 10 § 557.6
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 90 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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