Oklahoma § 10-557.5 - Necessary parties to agreement - Requirements

§ 10-557.5. Necessary parties to agreement - Requirements

A. The following persons, and only the following persons, are

necessary parties to a gestational agreement, and a gestational

agreement shall not be validated if all such applicable necessary

parties have not joined in the gestational agreement in compliance

with the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act:

1. The gestational carrier;

2. The gestational spouse, if applicable; and

3. Each intended parent of a child to be born pursuant to a

gestational carrier arrangement.

B. The following requirements apply to the necessary parties to

a gestational agreement, and failure to meet such requirements shall

prevent a court from validating the gestational agreement:

1. The gestational carrier, the gestational spouse, if

applicable, and each intended parent must be at least twenty-one

(21) years of age at the time the parties enter into the gestational

agreement;

2. No more than two intended parents may be party to a

gestational agreement;

3. If an intended parent is married, then that intended

parent's spouse must be a party to the gestational agreement as an

intended parent;

4. If there are two intended parents that are party to a

gestational agreement, then they must be married to each other; and

5. No person may be a party to a gestational agreement under

this act if such person is in the United States illegally pursuant

to the immigration laws of the United States in effect at the time

of a gestational agreement.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 433, § 6, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.