{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17-70","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 9:17-70","heading":"Definitions relative to establishing legal parentage.","body":"2.\tAs used in this act:\n\"Assisted reproduction\" means medical procedures to facilitate human reproduction that involve human gametes or pre-embryos, including, but not limited to artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfers and similar procedures. The term shall not include the use of assisted reproduction in connection with a gestational carrier agreement pursuant to the \"New Jersey Gestational Carrier Agreement Act,\" P.L.2018, c.18 (C.9:17-60 et al.).\n\"Co-parent\" means an individual who is the current or former partner in civil union or the current or former spouse of a natural parent or person treated in State law as a legal parent of a child conceived through the use of assisted reproduction and born during the civil union or marriage, and who may not be a biological parent of that child. The term \"co-parent\" shall refer to either a natural parent or a person treated in State law as a legal parent of the child, the current or former partner in civil union or the current or former spouse of the natural parent or person treated in State law as a legal parent, or both, provided that both individuals are named on the child's birth certificate as parents and a court has issued an order of parentage pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2019, c.323 (C.9:17-71). \"Co-parent\" shall not include an intended parent pursuant to the \"New Jersey Gestational Carrier Agreement Act,\" P.L.2018, c.18 (C.9:17-60 et al.).\nL.2019, c.323, s.2.","path":["TITLE 9 CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"1ca449407073c9a9cac029a1700b08b8c81a5f357387e4bdf3b5f759c539035b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17-69","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17-71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}