Louisiana § RS 9:2718 - Purpose and intent
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§ RS 9:2718. Purpose and intent
The purpose and intent of this Part is to regulate gestational surrogacy agreements. The legislature has been guided by, among other things, the best interest of the children who are born as a result of gestational surrogacy. The legislature finds that it is desirable to assure that the intended parents of every child born through the use of assisted reproductive technology be legal and biological parents of the child. Accordingly, in regulating gestational surrogacy agreements by means of this Part, the legislature has restricted the range of enforceable gestational surrogacy agreements to those in which the parties who engage the gestational surrogate not only are married to each other, but also create the child using only their own gametes. These compelling state interests justify provisions for filiation to be recognized by a court upon proof that the child is genetically related to both parents, so that the intended parents can bypass the current need to go through extended proceedings to adopt their own child.
Acts 2016, No. 494, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 9:2718 ("Purpose and intent") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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