Vermont § 707 - Parental status of deceased person

§ 707. Parental status of deceased person

• (a) If a person who intends to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction
  dies during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of
  the child, the person’s death does not preclude the establishment of the person’s
  parentage of the child if the person otherwise would be a parent of the child under
  this chapter. (b)(1) If a person who consented in a record to assisted reproduction by the person giving
  birth to the child dies before transfer or implantation of gametes or embryos, the
  deceased person is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction unless: (A) the deceased person consented in a record that if assisted reproduction were to occur
  after the death of the deceased person, the deceased person would be a parent of the
  child; or (B) the deceased person’s intent to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction
  after the person’s death is established by a preponderance of the evidence. (2) A person is a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under subdivision
  (1) of this subsection only if: (A) the embryo is in utero not later than 36 months after the person’s death; or (B) the child is born not later than 45 months after the person’s death. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)