Vermont § 705 - Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 705 — Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 705. Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage
- (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a spouse may commence
a proceeding to challenge the spouse’s parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction
during the marriage within two years after the birth of the child if the court finds
that the spouse did not consent to the assisted reproduction before, on, or after
the birth of the child or that the spouse withdrew consent pursuant to section 706 of this title. (b) A spouse or the person who gave birth to the child may commence a proceeding to challenge
the spouse’s parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction at any time if the
court determines: (1) the spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction; (2) the spouse and the person who gave birth to the child have not cohabited since the
probable time of assisted reproduction; and (3) the spouse never openly held out the child as the spouse’s child. (c) This section shall apply to a spouse’s dispute of parentage even if the spouse’s marriage
is declared invalid after assisted reproduction occurs. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2023, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. July 1, 2024.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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