Ohio § 5801.12

§ 5801.12.

(A) As used in this section: (1) “ Assisted reproductive technologies ” means any medical or scientific technology or method designed to assist one or more

persons to cause a pregnancy through means other than by sexual intercourse, including

technologies that are developed after the date of this amendment. (2) “ Trust ” includes a revocable or irrevocable trust. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, this section governs the beneficial

rights under a trust of any child born through the use of any assisted reproductive

technologies, and also applies to the exercise of any power of appointment granted

under a trust instrument or any other power to otherwise expand the class of beneficiaries

under a trust instrument. (C) No child of a settlor born through the use of any assisted reproductive technologies

more than three hundred days after the date of death of the settlor of a trust instrument

shall be considered the settlor's child under that trust instrument, under the exercise

of any power to appoint trust assets in favor of the settlor's children, or under

the exercise of any other power to otherwise expand the class of beneficiaries under

the trust instrument, unless the terms of the trust clearly provide otherwise.  No other person born through the use of any assisted reproductive technologies more

than three hundred days after the date of the event that caused a class of beneficiaries

to close under the terms of a trust shall be included in that class unless the terms

of the trust clearly provide otherwise. (D)(1) If the terms of a trust provide for a child or other person born through the use

of assisted reproductive technologies and further provide for a time period in which

that child or other person must be born in order to benefit under the terms of the

trust, that time period shall apply in order for the child or other person to benefit

under the terms of the trust, subject to a maximum time period of five years from

the date of death of the settlor or the date of the event that caused a class of beneficiaries

to close, whichever is applicable. (2) If the terms of a trust provide for a child or other person born through the use

of assisted reproductive technologies but do not provide for a time period in which

that child or other person must be born in order to benefit under the terms of the

trust, that child or other person must be born within a period of one year and three

hundred days from the date of death of the settlor or the date of the event that caused

a class of beneficiaries to close, whichever is applicable, in order for the child

or other person to benefit under the terms of the trust.