{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-521","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-521","heading":"Surrogacy agreements. Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive:\n(1) “Genetic surrogate” means a person who is not an intended parent and who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using that person's own gamete, under a genetic surrogacy agreement as provided in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive.\n(2) “Gestational surrogate” means a person who is not an intended parent and who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using gametes that are not that person's own, under a gestational surrogacy agreement as provided in sections 46b-521 to 46b-538, inclusive.\n(3) “Surrogacy agreement” means an agreement between one or more intended parents and a person who is not an intended parent in which such person agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction and which provides that each intended parent is a parent of a child conceived under the agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, “surrogacy agreement” includes an agreement with a person acting as a gestational surrogate and an agreement with a person acting as a genetic surrogate.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 818. CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT AND PARENTAGE-RELATED PROVISIONS","PART I. CONNECTICUT PARENTAGE ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_818.htm#sec_46b-521","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"87f1f255f6eb50c4a7e0337e25e74a0e9f2959b9dfa254c77aecd067e1f6996a","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-518-to-46b-520","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-522"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}