{"data":{"id":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-1924","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"19-A M.R.S. §1924","heading":"Consent to assisted reproduction","body":"1.  Written consent.  Consent by a person who intends to be a parent of a child born through assisted reproduction must be set forth in a signed record that is executed by each intended parent and provides that the signatories consent to use of assisted reproduction to conceive a child with the intent to parent the child.\n2.  Lack of written consent; parentage.  Failure of a person to sign a consent required by subsection 1 before or after birth of the child does not preclude a finding of parentage:\nA.  If consent can be proved by other means and the consenting individual resided with the child after birth and undertook to develop a parental relationship with the child; or\nB.  As provided in this chapter.\n3.  Consent form.  Consent under subsection 1 executed via a consent form adopted by the Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics must be accepted and relied upon for purposes of issuing a birth record.  Nothing in this subsection precludes a person from filing a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage under subchapter 3.","path":["TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS","PART 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN","CHAPTER 61: MAINE PARENTAGE ACT","SUBCHAPTER 7: PARENTAGE BY ASSISTED REPRODUCTION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/19-A/title19-Asec1924.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"b86bf319f5938582be24a8179e90f7292d5102679ae85593d88c49d916a44c72","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-1923","next":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-1925"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}