HF 2153

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to children; providing that husband of mother
by assisted reproduction or artificial insemination is
treated as biological father of resulting child in
certain instances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 257.56, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 257.56,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Husband treated as biological father.

new text begin (a)
A husband who provides sperm for the artificial insemination of
his wife is the biological father of a resulting child. new text end If,
under the supervision of a licensed physician and with the
consent of her husband, a wife is inseminated artificially with
semen donated by a man not her husband, the husband is treated
in law as if he were the biological father of a child thereby
conceived.

new text begin (b) A husband who provides sperm for or consents in writing
to any form of assisted reproduction involving an in vitro
fertilization procedure for his wife is treated in law as the
biological father of a resulting child.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end The husband's consent must be in writing and signed by
him and his wife. 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 artificial insemination new text begin or in
vitro fertilization new text end .

new text begin (d) new text end All papers and records pertaining to the insemination
new text begin or in vitro fertilization new 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.