{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-257e.24","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 257E.24","heading":"SPOUSE'S DISPUTE OF PARENTAGE; LIMITATIONS.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), an individual who, at the time of a child's birth, is the spouse of the parent who gave birth to the child by assisted reproduction may not challenge the individual's parentage of the child unless:\n(1) not later than two years after the birth of the child, the spouse commences a proceeding to adjudicate the spouse's parentage of the child; and\n(2) the court finds that the spouse did not consent to the assisted reproduction before, on, or after birth of the child, or withdrew consent under section 257E.26.\n(b) A proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction may be commenced at any time if the court determines:\n(1) the spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction;\n(2) the spouse and the parent who gave birth to the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and\n(3) the spouse never openly held out the child as the spouse's child.\n(c) This section applies to a spouse's dispute of parentage even if the spouse's marriage is declared invalid after assisted reproduction occurs.","path":["PUBLIC WELFARE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","CHAPTER 257E. ASSISTED REPRODUCTION"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/257E.24","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:39Z","sha256":"873ecb9a1f017c4cb934b640f06a1d24afe7ca453fea40855d059af56cd53dce","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-257e.23","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-257e.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}