§1925. Challenge by spouse to consent
1. Challenge by spouse to consent. The spouse of a person who gives birth to a child through assisted reproduction may challenge the spouse's own parentage of the child only if:
A. The spouse did not provide gametes or embryos for the assisted reproduction; [PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).]
B. The spouse did not before or after the birth of the child consent to the assisted reproduction by the person who gave birth; [PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).]
C. The spouse and the person who gave birth to the child have not cohabitated since the time of the child's birth; and [PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).]
D. The spouse did not openly hold out the child as the spouse's own. [PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).]
[PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. A, §1 (NEW). PL 2015, c. 296, Pt. D, §1 (AFF).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 61: MAINE PARENTAGE ACT
Subchapter 7: PARENTAGE BY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
19-A §1921. Scope of subchapter
19-A §1922. Parental status of donor
19-A §1923. Parentage of child of assisted reproduction
19-A §1924. Consent to assisted reproduction
19-A §1925. Challenge by spouse to consent
19-A §1926. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent