A person who provides eggs, sperm or embryos for or consents to assisted reproduction as provided in Section 7-704 of the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act with the intent to be the parent of a child is a parent of the resulting child.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 7-703.
Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 20 made the New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act effective January 1, 2010.
Sperm donor agreement. — Where the biological father and the mother of the child entered into an agreement, prior to conception of the child, that the father would donate sperm, act as a male role model for the child, and have no financial obligation for child support; the mother self-inseminated herself; and after the child was born, the father held himself out as the father of the child, had significant contacts with the child, and was registered as the child's father with the vital statistics bureau, the agreement was unenforceable and the father was liable for child support. Mintz v. Zoernig, 2008-NMCA-162, 145 N.M. 362, 198 P.3d 861, cert. denied, 2008-NMCERT-011, 145 N.M. 531, 202 P.3d 124.
Structure 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.