126.045 - Contract requirements; treatment of intended parents as natural parents; unlawful acts. - Nevada Statutes

126.045  Contract requirements; treatment of intended parents as natural parents; unlawful acts.

      1.  Two persons whose marriage is valid under chapter 122 of NRS may enter into a contract with a surrogate for assisted conception. Any such contract must contain provisions which specify the respective rights of each party, including:

      (a) Parentage of the child;

      (b) Custody of the child in the event of a change of circumstances; and

      (c) The respective responsibilities and liabilities of the contracting parties.

      2.  A person identified as an intended parent in a contract described in subsection 1 must be treated in law as a natural parent under all circumstances.

      3.  It is unlawful to pay or offer to pay money or anything of value to the surrogate except for the medical and necessary living expenses related to the birth of the child as specified in the contract.

      4.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

      (a) “Assisted conception” means a pregnancy resulting when an egg and sperm from the intended parents are placed in a surrogate through the intervention of medical technology.

      (b) “Intended parents” means a man and woman, married to each other, who enter into an agreement providing that they will be the parents of a child born to a surrogate through assisted conception.

      (c) “Surrogate” means an adult woman who enters into an agreement to bear a child conceived through assisted conception for the intended parents.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 2050; A 1995, 1075)