Vermont § 702 - Parental status of donor
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 702 — Parental status of donor, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 702. Parental status of donor
- (a) A donor is not a parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section: (1) a person who provides a gamete or gametes or an embryo or embryos to be used for assisted
reproduction for the person’s spouse is a parent of the resulting child; and (2) a person who provides a gamete or an embryo for assisted reproduction is a parent
of the resulting child if the person has a written agreement or agreements with the
person giving birth that the person providing the gamete or the embryo is intended
to be a parent. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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