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WA Rev Code § 26.26A.710 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.710 - Requirements of gestational or genetic surrogacy agreement—Process.

RCW 26.26A.710 Requirements of gestational or genetic surrogacy agreement—Process.A surrogacy agreement must be executed in compliance with the following rules:(1) At least one party must be a resident of this state or, if no party is a resident of this state, at least one medical evaluation or procedure or mental health consultation under the agreement must occur in this state.(2) A woman acting as a surrogate and each intended parent must meet the requirements of RCW 26.26A.705.(3) Each intended parent, the woman acting as a surrogate, and the spouse of the woman acting as a surrogate, if any, must be parties to the agreement.(4) The agreement must be in a record signed by each party listed in subsection (3) of this section.(5) The woman acting as a surrogate and each intended parent must acknowledge in a record receipt of a copy of the agreement.(6) The signature of each party to the agreement must be attested by a notarial officer or witnessed.(7) The woman acting as a surrogate and the intended parent or parents must have independent legal representation throughout the surrogacy arrangement regarding the terms of the surrogacy agreement and the potential legal consequences of the agreement, and each counsel must be identified in the surrogacy agreement.(8) The intended parent or parents must pay for independent legal representation for the woman acting as a surrogate.(9) The agreement must be executed before a medical procedure occurs related to the surrogacy agreement, other than the medical evaluation and mental health consultation required by RCW 26.26A.705.[ 2018 c 6 § 703.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.720 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.720 - Surrogacy agreement—Effect of subsequent change of marital status.

RCW 26.26A.720 Surrogacy agreement—Effect of subsequent change of marital status.(1) Unless a surrogacy agreement expressly provides otherwise:(a) The marriage or domestic partnership of a woman acting as a surrogate after the agreement is signed by all parties does not affect the validity of the agreement, her spouse or domestic partner's consent to the agreement is not required, and her spouse or domestic partner is not a presumed parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement; and(b) The dissolution, annulment, declaration of invalidity, or legal separation of the woman acting as a surrogate after the agreement is signed by all parties does not affect the validity of the agreement.(2) Unless a surrogacy agreement expressly provides otherwise:(a) The marriage or domestic partnership of an intended parent after the agreement is signed by all parties does not affect the validity of a surrogacy agreement, the consent of the spouse or domestic partner of the intended parent is not required, and the spouse or domestic partner of the intended parent is not, based on the agreement, a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement; and(b) The dissolution, annulment, declaration of invalidity, or legal separation of an intended parent after the agreement is signed by all parties does not affect the validity of the agreement and, except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.26A.765, the intended parents are the parents of the child.[ 2018 c 6 § 705.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.725 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.725 - Surrogacy agreement—Inspection of documents.

RCW 26.26A.725 Surrogacy agreement—Inspection of documents.Unless the court orders otherwise, a petition and any other document related to a surrogacy agreement filed with the court under RCW 26.26A.700 through 26.26A.785, are not open to inspection by any individual other than the parties to the proceeding, a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement, their attorneys, and the state registrar of vital statistics. A court may not authorize an individual to inspect a document related to the agreement, unless required by exigent circumstances. The individual seeking to inspect the document may be required to pay the expense of preparing a copy of the document to be inspected.[ 2018 c 6 § 706.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.730 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.730 - Surrogacy agreement—Venue—Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.

RCW 26.26A.730 Surrogacy agreement—Venue—Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 26.26A.420, venue for a proceeding under this subchapter, RCW 26.26A.700 through 26.26A.785, may be in a county of this state in which:(a) The child resides or is located;(b) The respondent resides or is located;(c) An intended parent resides;(d) A medical evaluation or procedure or mental health consultation under the surrogacy agreement occurred; or(e) A proceeding has been commenced for administration of the estate of an individual who is or may be a parent under this subchapter.(2) During the period after the execution of a surrogacy agreement until ninety days after the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement, a court of this state conducting a proceeding under this chapter has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over all matters arising out of the agreement. This section does not give the court jurisdiction over a child custody or child support proceeding if jurisdiction is not otherwise authorized by law of this state other than this chapter.[ 2018 c 6 § 707.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.735 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.735 - Gestational surrogacy agreement—Termination.

RCW 26.26A.735 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Termination.(1) A party to a gestational surrogacy agreement may terminate the agreement, at any time before an embryo transfer, by giving notice of termination in a record to all other parties. If an embryo transfer does not result in a pregnancy, a party may terminate the agreement at any time before a subsequent embryo transfer.(2) Unless a gestational surrogacy agreement provides otherwise, on termination of the agreement under subsection (1) of this section, the parties are released from the agreement, except that each intended parent remains responsible for expenses that are reimbursable under the agreement and incurred by the woman acting as a gestational surrogate through the date of termination.(3) Except in a case involving fraud, neither a woman acting as a gestational surrogate nor the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, is liable to the intended parent or parents for a penalty or liquidated damages, for terminating a gestational surrogacy agreement under this section.[ 2018 c 6 § 708.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.740 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.740 - Gestational surrogacy agreement—Parentage.

RCW 26.26A.740 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Parentage.(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or RCW 26.26A.745(2) or 26.26A.755, on birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a parent of the child.(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or RCW 26.26A.755, neither a woman acting as a gestational surrogate nor the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, is a parent of the child.(3) If a child is alleged to be a genetic child of the woman who agreed to be a gestational surrogate, the court shall order genetic testing of the child. If the child is a genetic child of the woman who agreed to be a gestational surrogate, parentage must be determined based on RCW 26.26A.005 through 26.26A.515.(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or RCW 26.26A.745(2) or 26.26A.755, if, due to a clinical or laboratory error, a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement is not genetically related to an intended parent or a donor who donated to the intended parent or parents, each intended parent, and not the woman acting as a gestational surrogate and the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, is a parent of the child, subject to any other claim of parentage.[ 2018 c 6 § 709.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.745 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.745 - Gestational surrogacy agreement—Parentage of deceased intended parent.

RCW 26.26A.745 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Parentage of deceased intended parent.(1) RCW 26.26A.740 applies to an intended parent even if the intended parent died during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the child.(2) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.26A.755, an intended parent is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement if the intended parent dies before the transfer of a gamete or embryo unless:(a) The agreement provides otherwise; and(b) The transfer of a gamete or embryo occurs not later than thirty-six months after the death of the intended parent or birth of the child occurs not later than forty-five months after the death of the intended parent.[ 2018 c 6 § 710.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.750 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.750 - Gestational surrogacy agreement—Order of parentage.

RCW 26.26A.750 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Order of parentage.(1) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.26A.740(3) or 26.26A.755, before, on, or after the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement, a party to the agreement may commence a proceeding in the superior court for an order or judgment:(a) Declaring that each intended parent is a parent of the child and ordering that parental rights and duties vest immediately on the birth of the child exclusively in each intended parent;(b) Declaring that the woman acting as a gestational surrogate and the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, are not the parents of the child;(c) Directing the state registrar of vital statistics to list each intended parent as a parent of the child on the birth record;(d) To protect the privacy of the child and the parties, declaring that the court record is not open to inspection except as authorized under RCW 26.26A.725;(e) If necessary, that the child be surrendered to the intended parent or parents; and(f) For other relief the court determines necessary and proper.(2) The court may issue an order or judgment under subsection (1) of this section before the birth of the child. The court shall stay enforcement of the order or judgment until the birth of the child.(3) Neither this state nor the state registrar of vital statistics is a necessary party to a proceeding under subsection (1) of this section.[ 2018 c 6 § 711.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.755 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.755 - Gestational surrogacy agreement—Effect.

RCW 26.26A.755 Gestational surrogacy agreement—Effect.(1) A gestational surrogacy agreement that complies with RCW 26.26A.705, 26.26A.710, and 26.26A.715 is enforceable.(2) If a child was conceived by assisted reproduction under a gestational surrogacy agreement that does not comply with RCW 26.26A.705, 26.26A.710, and 26.26A.715, the court shall determine the rights and duties of the parties to the agreement consistent with the intent of the parties at the time of execution of the agreement. Each party to the agreement and any individual who at the time of the execution of the agreement was a spouse of a party to the agreement has standing to maintain a proceeding to adjudicate an issue related to the enforcement of the agreement.(3) Except as expressly provided in a gestational surrogacy agreement or subsection (4) or (5) of this section, if the agreement is breached by the woman acting as a gestational surrogate or one or more intended parents, the nonbreaching party is entitled to the remedies available at law or in equity.(4) Specific performance is not a remedy available for breach by a woman acting as a gestational surrogate of a provision in the agreement that the gestational surrogate be impregnated.(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, if an intended parent is determined to be a parent of the child, specific performance is a remedy available for:(a) Breach of the agreement by a woman acting as a gestational surrogate which prevents the intended parent from exercising immediately on birth of the child the full rights of parentage; or(b) Breach by the intended parent which prevents the intended parent's acceptance, immediately on birth of the child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement, of the duties of parentage.[ 2018 c 6 § 712.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.760 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.760 - Genetic surrogacy agreement—Requirements for validation.

RCW 26.26A.760 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Requirements for validation.(1) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.26A.775, to be enforceable, a genetic surrogacy agreement must be validated by the superior court. A proceeding to validate the agreement must be commenced before assisted reproduction related to the surrogacy agreement.(2) The court shall issue an order validating a genetic surrogacy agreement if the court finds that:(a) RCW 26.26A.705, 26.26A.710, and 26.26A.715 are satisfied; and(b) All parties entered into the agreement voluntarily and understand its terms.(3) An individual who terminates under RCW 26.26A.765 a genetic surrogacy agreement shall file notice of the termination with the court. On receipt of the notice, the court shall vacate any order issued under subsection (2) of this section. An individual who does not notify the court of the termination of the agreement is subject to sanctions.[ 2018 c 6 § 713.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.765 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.765 - Genetic surrogacy agreement—Termination.

RCW 26.26A.765 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Termination.(1) A party to a genetic surrogacy agreement may terminate the agreement as follows:(a) An intended parent who is a party to the agreement may terminate the agreement at any time before a gamete or embryo transfer by giving notice of termination in a record to all other parties. If a gamete or embryo transfer does not result in a pregnancy, a party may terminate the agreement at any time before a subsequent gamete or embryo transfer. The notice of termination must be attested by a notarial officer or witnessed.(b) A woman acting as a genetic surrogate who is a party to the agreement may withdraw consent to the agreement any time before forty-eight hours after the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement. To withdraw consent, the woman acting as a genetic surrogate must execute a notice of termination in a record stating the surrogate's intent to terminate the agreement. The notice of termination must be attested by a notarial officer or witnessed and be delivered to each intended parent any time before forty-eight hours after the birth of the child.(2) On termination of the genetic surrogacy agreement under subsection (1) of this section, the parties are released from all obligations under the agreement except that each intended parent remains responsible for all expenses incurred by the woman acting as a surrogate through the date of termination which are reimbursable under the agreement. Unless the agreement provides otherwise, the woman acting as a surrogate is not entitled to any nonexpense related compensation paid for serving as a surrogate.(3) Except in a case involving fraud, neither a woman acting as a genetic surrogate nor the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, is liable to the intended parent or parents for a penalty or liquidated damages, for terminating a genetic surrogacy agreement under this section.[ 2018 c 6 § 714.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.770 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.770 - Validated genetic surrogacy agreement—Parentage.

RCW 26.26A.770 Validated genetic surrogacy agreement—Parentage.(1) Unless a woman acting as a genetic surrogate exercises the right under RCW 26.26A.765 to terminate a genetic surrogacy agreement, each intended parent is a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under an agreement validated under RCW 26.26A.760.(2) Unless a woman acting as a genetic surrogate exercises the right under RCW 26.26A.765 to terminate the genetic surrogacy agreement, on proof of a court order issued under RCW 26.26A.760 validating the agreement, the court shall make an order:(a) Declaring that each intended parent is a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement and ordering that parental rights and duties vest exclusively in each intended parent;(b) Declaring that the woman acting as a genetic surrogate and the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, are not parents of the child;(c) Directing the state registrar of vital statistics to list each intended parent as a parent of the child on the birth record;(d) To protect the privacy of the child and the parties, declaring that the court record is not open to inspection except as authorized under RCW 26.26A.725;(e) If necessary, that the child be surrendered to the intended parent or parents; and(f) For other relief the court determines necessary and proper.(3) If a woman acting as a genetic surrogate terminates under RCW 26.26A.765(1)(b) a genetic surrogacy agreement, parentage of the child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement must be determined under RCW 26.26A.005 through 26.26A.515.(4) If a child born to a woman acting as a genetic surrogate is alleged not to have been conceived by assisted reproduction, the court shall order genetic testing to determine the genetic parentage of the child. If the child was not conceived by assisted reproduction, parentage must be determined under RCW 26.26A.005 through 26.26A.515. Unless the genetic surrogacy agreement provides otherwise, if the child was not conceived by assisted reproduction the woman acting as a surrogate is not entitled to any nonexpense related compensation paid for serving as a surrogate.(5) Unless a party exercises the right under RCW 26.26A.765 to terminate the genetic surrogacy agreement, the woman acting as a genetic surrogate or the department of social and health services division of child support may file with the court, not later than sixty days after the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement, notice that the child has been born to the woman acting as a genetic surrogate. Unless the woman acting as a genetic surrogate has properly exercised the right under RCW 26.26A.765 to withdraw consent to the agreement, on proof of a court order issued under RCW 26.26A.760 validating the agreement, the court shall order that each intended parent is a parent of the child.[ 2018 c 6 § 715.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.775 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.775 - Nonvalidated genetic surrogacy agreement—Effect.

RCW 26.26A.775 Nonvalidated genetic surrogacy agreement—Effect.(1) A genetic surrogacy agreement, whether or not in a record, that is not validated under RCW 26.26A.760 is enforceable only to the extent provided in this section and RCW 26.26A.785.(2) If all parties agree, a court may validate a genetic surrogacy agreement after assisted reproduction has occurred but before the birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement.(3) If a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a genetic surrogacy agreement that is not validated under RCW 26.26A.760 is born and the woman acting as a genetic surrogate, consistent with RCW 26.26A.765(1)(b), withdraws her consent to the agreement before forty-eight hours after the birth of the child, the court shall adjudicate the parentage of the child under RCW 26.26A.005 through 26.26A.515.(4) If a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a genetic surrogacy agreement that is not validated under RCW 26.26A.760 is born and a woman acting as a genetic surrogate does not withdraw her consent to the agreement, consistent with RCW 26.26A.765(1)(b), before forty-eight hours after the birth of the child, the woman acting as a genetic surrogate is not automatically a parent and the court shall adjudicate parentage of the child based on the best interest of the child, taking into account the factors in RCW 26.26A.460(1) and the intent of the parties at the time of the execution of the agreement.(5) The parties to a genetic surrogacy agreement have standing to maintain a proceeding to adjudicate parentage under this section.[ 2018 c 6 § 716.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.780 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.780 - Genetic surrogacy agreement—Parentage of deceased intended parent.

RCW 26.26A.780 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Parentage of deceased intended parent.(1) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.26A.770 or 26.26A.775, on birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a genetic surrogacy agreement, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a parent of the child, notwithstanding the death of an intended parent during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the child.(2) Except as otherwise provided in RCW 26.26A.770 or 26.26A.775, an intended parent is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a genetic surrogacy agreement if the intended parent dies before the transfer of a gamete or embryo unless:(a) The agreement provides otherwise; and(b) The transfer of the gamete or embryo occurs not later than thirty-six months after the death of the intended parent, or birth of the child occurs not later than forty-five months after the death of the intended parent.[ 2018 c 6 § 717.]
WA Rev Code § 26.26A.785 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 26 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 26.26A - Uniform Parentage Act.|26.26A.785 - Genetic surrogacy agreement—Breach.

RCW 26.26A.785 Genetic surrogacy agreement—Breach.(1) Subject to RCW 26.26A.715(1)(g) and 26.26A.765(2), if a genetic surrogacy agreement is breached by a woman acting as a genetic surrogate or one or more intended parents, the nonbreaching party is entitled to the remedies available at law or in equity.(2) Specific performance is not a remedy available for breach by a woman acting as a genetic surrogate of a requirement of a validated or nonvalidated genetic surrogacy agreement that the surrogate be impregnated.(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, specific performance is a remedy available for:(a) Breach of a validated genetic surrogacy agreement by a woman acting as a genetic surrogate of a requirement which prevents an intended parent from exercising the full rights of parentage forty-eight hours after the birth of the child; or(b) Breach by an intended parent which prevents the intended parent's acceptance of duties of parentage forty-eight hours after the birth of the child.[ 2018 c 6 § 718.]