{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-538","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-538","heading":"Breach of genetic surrogacy agreement.","body":"(a) Subject to subsection (b) of section 46b-534, if a genetic surrogacy agreement is breached by a person acting as genetic surrogate or one or more intended parents, the nonbreaching party is entitled to the remedies available at law or in equity.\n(b) Specific performance is not a remedy available for breach by a person acting as genetic surrogate of a requirement of a validated or nonvalidated genetic surrogacy agreement that the person acting as surrogate be impregnated, terminate or not terminate a pregnancy or submit to medical procedures.\n(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, specific performance is a remedy available for:\n(1) Breach of a validated genetic surrogacy agreement by a person acting as genetic surrogate that prevents the intended parent from exercising, immediately upon birth of the child, the full rights of parentage; or\n(2) Breach by an intended parent that prevents the intended parent's acceptance, immediately upon birth of the child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement, of the duties of parentage.","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-538","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":"341e630d651464b4a479442db5fb02f378fdff6dc1e58f1c743b20d0ef15528f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-537","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-539-to-46b-541"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}