Judicial Code
Utah Uniform Parentage Act
Section 201
Establishment of parent-child relationship.
     78B-15-201.   Establishment of parent-child relationship.
     (1) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:
     (a) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement;
     (b) an adjudication of the woman's maternity;
     (c) adoption of the child by the woman; or
     (d) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law.
     (2) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:
     (a) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 78B-15-204;
     (b) an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged;
     (c) an adjudication of the man's paternity;
     (d) adoption of the child by the man;
     (e) the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Part 7, Assisted Reproduction, which resulted in the birth of the child; or
     (f) an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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