Uniform Parentage Act [Effective January 1, 2021]

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Section
15-8.1-101

Short title. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-102

Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-103

Scope and application. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-104

Parentage proceeding. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-105

Standing to maintain proceeding. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-106

Notice of proceeding. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-107

Personal jurisdiction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-108

Venue. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-109

Joinder of proceedings. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-110

Orders. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-111

Admission of parentage authorized. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-112

Order on default. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-113

Order adjudicating parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-114

Binding effect of determination of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-115

Full faith and credit. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-201

Recognized parents. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-202

Nondiscrimination. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-203

Consequences of establishment of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-204

Determination of maternity and paternity. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-205

No limitation on child. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-206

Adjudicating competing claims of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-301

Acknowledgment of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-302

Acknowledgment of parentage void. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-303

Denial of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-304

Conditions for acknowledgment or denial of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-305

Equivalent to adjudication, no ratification required. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-306

Waiver of filing fee. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-307

Timing of rescission. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-308

Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for rescission. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-309

Procedure for rescission or challenge. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-310

Forms for acknowledgment and denial of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-311

Release of information. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-312

Adoption of rules. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-401

Presumption of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-402

Challenge to presumed parent. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-403

Multiple presumptions or conflicting claims. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-501

Adjudication. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-502

Complaint. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-601

Scope. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-602

Requirements for genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-603

Authority to order or deny genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-604

Genetic testing results. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-605

Report of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-606

Admissibility of results of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-607

Additional genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-608

Adjudication of parentage of child with alleged genetic parent. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-609

Costs of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-610

Deceased individual. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-611

Confidentiality of genetic testing. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-612

Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-613

Past liabilities. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-701

Scope. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-702

Parental status of donor. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-703

Parentage of child of assisted reproduction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-704

Consent to assisted reproduction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-705

Limitation on spouse's dispute of parentage. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-706

Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-707

Parental status of a deceased individual. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-708

Parentage orders of children born of assisted reproduction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-709

Laboratory error. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-801

Eligibility to enter gestational carrier agreement. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-802

Gestational carrier agreement. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-803

Parental rights and responsibilities. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-804

Birth orders. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-805

Jurisdiction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-806

Termination of gestational carrier agreement. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-807

Effect of subsequent change of marital status. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-808

Effect of noncompliance, standard of review, remedies. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-809

Liability for payment of gestational carrier health care costs. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-901

Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-902

Applicability. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-903

Collection of information about donor. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-904

Declaration regarding identity disclosure. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-905

Disclosure of identifying information and medical history. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-906

Recordkeeping. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-1001

Uniformity of application and construction. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-1002

Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-1003

Transitional provision. [Effective January 1, 2021.]

Section
15-8.1-1004

Severability. [Effective January 1, 2021.]