{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-18-05","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 14-18-05","heading":"Surrogate agreements","body":"Any agreement in which a woman agrees to become a surrogate or to relinquish that woman's rights and duties as parent of a child conceived through assisted conception is void. The surrogate, however, is the mother of a resulting child and the surrogate's husband, if a party to the agreement, is the father of the child. If the surrogate's husband is not a party to the agreement or the surrogate is unmarried, paternity of the child is governed by chapter 14-20.","path":["Title 14 Domestic Relations And Persons","Chapter 14-18 Uniform Status Of Children Of Assisted Conception Act"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t14c18.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"2786fd46bc7b2263a5d5925691071e1ec0d81b5c9e7d50ed0ee7cc66f8b6e28a","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-18-04","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-18-06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}