If a person who consented in a record to be a parent by assisted reproduction dies before placement of eggs, sperm or embryos, the deceased person is not a parent of the resulting child unless the deceased spouse consented in a signed record that if assisted reproduction were to occur after death, the deceased person would be a parent of the child.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 7-707.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 11A - New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act
Article 7 - CHILD OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
Section 40-11A-701 - Scope of article.
Section 40-11A-702 - Parental status of donor.
Section 40-11A-703 - Parentage of child of assisted reproduction.
Section 40-11A-704 - Consent to assisted reproduction.
Section 40-11A-705 - Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity.
Section 40-11A-706 - Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent.