Oklahoma § 10-557.24 - Breach of agreement

Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 10-557.24 — Breach of agreement, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 10-557.24. Breach of agreement

A. This section shall govern the breach of validated

gestational agreements and any gestational agreements that have not

been validated, but only to the extent those nonvalidated

gestational agreements are otherwise enforceable under the Oklahoma

Gestational Agreement Act.

B. In the event of a breach of a gestational agreement or

noncompliance with the requirements of this act, the court shall

determine the respective rights and obligations of the parties to

the gestational agreement based solely on the evidence of the

original intent of the parties and the provisions of this act.

C. Except as otherwise provided by this act or an express term

of the gestational agreement, the gestational carrier, the

gestational spouse and any intended parent shall be entitled to any

remedy available at law or equity for breach of the gestational

agreement or noncompliance with any requirement of this act.

D. Notwithstanding any breach of the gestational agreement, the

remedy of specific performance shall not be available to the extent

the ordering of such remedy would require the gestational carrier or

any other party to be impregnated or undergo an assisted

reproduction procedure.

E. The breach of the gestational agreement by any intended

parent does not relieve the intended parents of the obligation to

support a child born pursuant to the gestational agreement.

F. Unless otherwise provided by the gestational agreement, the

court in any action for the alleged breach or the enforcement of a

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gestational agreement shall award costs, attorney fees and expert

fees to the prevailing party.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 433, § 25, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 10-557.24 ("Breach of agreement") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. 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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