Minnesota Legislature
HF 724
1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/24/2020 04:32pm
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| 1st Engrossment | Posted on 03/14/2019 |
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A bill for an act
relating to family law; clarifying the parentage of a woman who provides donated
ova; clarifying rights of spouse to parentage when assisted reproductive technology
is used; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 257.56.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 257.56, is amended to read:
257.56 deleted text begin ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATIONdeleted text end new text begin ASSISTED REPRODUCTIONnew text end .
Subdivision 1.
deleted text begin Husbanddeleted text end new text begin Spousenew text end treated as biological deleted text begin fatherdeleted text end new text begin parentnew text end .
If, under the
supervision of a licensed physician and with the consent of her deleted text begin husbanddeleted text end new text begin spousenew text end , a deleted text begin wife is
inseminated artificiallydeleted text end new text begin woman conceives through assisted reproductionnew text end with semen new text begin or ova
or both, new text end donated by a deleted text begin man not her husbanddeleted text end new text begin donor or donors not her spousenew text end , the deleted text begin husbanddeleted text end new text begin
spousenew text end is treated in law as deleted text begin if he were the biological fatherdeleted text end new text begin the parentnew text end of a child thereby
conceived. The deleted text begin husband'sdeleted text end new text begin spouse'snew text end consent must be in writing and signed by deleted text begin him and his
wifedeleted text end new text begin the spouse and the woman conceiving through assisted reproductionnew text end . The consent must
be retained by the physician for at least four years after the confirmation of a pregnancy
that occurs during the process of deleted text begin artificial inseminationdeleted text end new text begin assisted reproductionnew text end .
All papers and records pertaining to the deleted text begin inseminationdeleted text end new text begin assisted reproductionnew text end , whether
part of the permanent record of a court or of a file held by the supervising physician or
elsewhere, are subject to inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause shown.
Subd. 2.
Donor not treated as biological deleted text begin fatherdeleted text end new text begin parentnew text end .
The donor of semen new text begin or ova
new text end provided to a licensed physician for use in deleted text begin artificial insemination ofdeleted text end new text begin assisted reproduction
bynew text end a married woman other than the donor's deleted text begin wifedeleted text end new text begin spousenew text end is treated in law as if deleted text begin he weredeleted text end new text begin the
donor isnew text end not the deleted text begin biological fatherdeleted text end new text begin parentnew text end of a child thereby conceivednew text begin , unless a court finds
satisfactory evidence that the donor and the woman intended for the donor to be a parentnew text end .