{"data":{"id":"us-de/13-del.-c.-8-821","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"13 Del. C. § 8-821","heading":"Breach of genetic carrier agreement [Effective Dec. 6, 2026].","body":"(a) Subject to § 8-816(b) of this title, if a genetic carrier agreement is breached by a genetic carrier or 1 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 genetic carrier of a requirement of a validated or nonvalidated genetic carrier agreement that the genetic carrier be impregnated, terminate or not terminate a pregnancy, or submit to medical procedures.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, specific performance is a remedy available for:\n(1) Breach of a validated genetic carrier agreement by a genetic carrier of a requirement which prevents an intended parent from exercising the full rights of parentage 72 hours after the birth of the child; or\n(2) Breach by an intended parent which prevents the intended parent’s acceptance of duties of parentage 72 hours after the birth of the child.","path":["Title 13. Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 8. Uniform Parentage Act [Effective Dec. 6, 2026].","Subchapter VIII. Gestational and Genetic Carrier Agreement Act [Effective Dec. 6, 2026]."],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title13/c008/sc08/index.html#8-821","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:17Z","sha256":"a8319302221f0f7cb0fad929ffaf2a6eb21929a020c461c207d542271d73844e","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/13-del.-c.-8-820","next":"us-de/13-del.-c.-8-822"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}