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New Mexico · Through 2026-07-01

40-11A-704: Consent to assisted reproduction.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs
  2. ARTICLE 11A New Mexico Uniform Parentage Act

A. The intended parent or parents shall consent to the assisted reproduction in a record signed before, on or after the day of birth of the child or in an oral agreement entered into before conception by each intended parent.

B. The absence of evidence required pursuant to Subsection A of this section does not preclude a finding of parentage if the person resided with the child after birth and openly held out the child as the person's own jointly with the birthing parent.

C. All papers relating to the assisted reproduction, whether part of a court, medical or any other file, are subject to inspection only upon an order of the district court or with the consent, in a signed record of:

(1) the donor or donors; and

(2) the parent or parents who consented to the assisted reproduction pursuant to Subsection A of this section or a child who was born as a result of the assisted reproduction pursuant to Subsection A of this section if the child is eighteen years of age or older.

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