Vermont § 704 - Consent to assisted reproduction
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 704 — Consent to assisted reproduction, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 704. Consent to assisted reproduction
- (a) A person who intends to be a parent of a child born through assisted reproduction
shall consent to the use of assisted reproduction to conceive a child with the intent
to parent the child: (1) in a record, signed before, on, or after the birth of the child by each intended parent;
or (2) in an oral agreement entered into before conception by each intended parent. (b) In the absence of evidence pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a court may
adjudicate a person as the parent of a child if it finds by a preponderance of the
evidence that the person resided with the child after birth and undertook to develop
a parental relationship with the child. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2023, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 1, 2024.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Vermont § 704
What does Vermont Statutes Online § 704 cover?
Section 704 ("Consent to assisted reproduction") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. 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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