81-5-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.
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Effective 9/1/2025
81-5-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.
(a)The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:
(i)the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement ;
(ii)an adjudication of the woman's maternity;
(iii)adoption of the child by the woman;
(iv)an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement , or is enforceable under other law; or
(v)an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section 81-5-204 .
(b)In this chapter, the presumption of maternity shall be treated the same as a presumption of paternity as established in Subsection (2)(a).
(2)The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:
(a)an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 81-5-204 ;
(b)an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged;
(c)an adjudication of the man's paternity;
(d)adoption of the child by the man;
(e)the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Part 7, Assisted Reproduction , which resulted in the birth of the child; or
(f)an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement , or is enforceable under other law.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426 , 2025 General Session