19-A M.R.S. §1925: Challenge by spouse to consent
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
- PART 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
- CHAPTER 61: MAINE PARENTAGE ACT
- SUBCHAPTER 7: PARENTAGE BY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
1. Challenge by spouse to consent. The spouse of a person who gives birth to a child through assisted reproduction may challenge the spouse's own parentage of the child only if:
A. The spouse did not provide gametes or embryos for the assisted reproduction;
B. The spouse did not before or after the birth of the child consent to the assisted reproduction by the person who gave birth;
C. The spouse and the person who gave birth to the child have not cohabitated since the time of the child's birth; and
D. The spouse did not openly hold out the child as the spouse's own.
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