Minn. Stat. § 257E.24

Current through 2023, c. 127
Section 257E.24 - SPOUSE'S DISPUTE OF PARENTAGE; LIMITATIONS
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), an individual who, at the time of a child's birth, is the spouse of the parent who gave birth to the child by assisted reproduction may not challenge the individual's parentage of the child unless:
(1) not later than two years after the birth of the child, the spouse commences a proceeding to adjudicate the spouse's parentage of the child; and
(2) the court finds that the spouse did not consent to the assisted reproduction before, on, or after birth of the child, or withdrew consent under section 25726.
(b) A proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction may be commenced at any time if the court determines:
(1) the spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction;
(2) the spouse and the parent who gave birth to the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and
(3) the spouse never openly held out the child as the spouse's child.
(c) This section applies to a spouse's dispute of parentage even if the spouse's marriage is declared invalid after assisted reproduction occurs.

Minn. Stat. § 257E.24

Added by 2024 Minn. Laws, ch. 101,s 4-6, eff. 8/1/2024.