{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-19-4.5-109","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 19-4.5-109","heading":"Establishment of parent-child relationship under surrogacy agreement.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or section 19-4.5-110 (2) or 19-4.5-112, on birth of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement, each intended parent is, by operation of law, a parent of the child.\n\n(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or section 19-4.5-112, neither a gestational surrogate or genetic surrogate nor the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, is a parent of the child.\n\n(3) If a child is alleged to be a genetic child of the individual 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 individual who agreed to be a gestational surrogate, parentage must be determined based on article 4 of this title 19.\n\n(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section or section 19-4.5-110 (2) or 19-4.5-112, if, due to a clinical or laboratory error, a child conceived by assisted reproduction under a 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 gestational surrogate or genetic surrogate and the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, is a parent of the child, subject to any other claim of parentage.\n\n(5) A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction.","path":["Title 19 - CHILDREN'S CODE","Article 4.5 - Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-19.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"d648e8014951aa460ec5ca3235f8a2a309753999a46635cf293b8c4bdb5c833b","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-19-4.5-108","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-19-4.5-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}