{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-557.12","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-557.12","heading":"Notice of birth to be filed with court – Court order","body":"A. Upon the birth of a child to a gestational carrier under a\n\nvalidated gestational agreement, the intended parents shall file a\n\nnotice of the birth with the court not later than twenty-one (21)\n\ndays after the birth occurs.\n\nB. Upon receiving notice of the birth, the court shall render\n\nan order that:\n\n1. Confirms that the intended parents are the child's parents;\n\n2. If necessary, requires the gestational carrier and any\n\nspouse of the gestational carrier if she is married to surrender the\n\nchild to the intended parents; and\n\n3. If necessary, requires the state registrar of vital\n\nstatistics to issue a birth certificate naming the intended parents\n\nas the child's sole parents.\n\nC. If the intended parents fail to file the notice required by\n\nsubsection A of this section, the gestational carrier or an\n\nappropriate state agency may file the notice required by that\n\nsubsection. On a showing that an order validating the gestational\n\nagreement was rendered in accordance with the Oklahoma Gestational\n\nAgreement Act, the court shall order that the intended parents are\n\nthe child's parents and are financially responsible for the child.\n\nD. If a person alleges that a child born to a gestational\n\ncarrier:\n\n1. Did not result from assisted reproduction; or\n\n2. Is a genetic child of the gestational carrier or the\n\ngestational spouse, such that either the gestational carrier or the\n\ngestational spouse made a genetic contribution to any gamete from\n\nwhich the child was conceived or the embryo from which the child was\n\ngrown,\n\nthe court shall order that scientifically accepted parentage testing\n\nin compliance with Oklahoma law be conducted to determine the\n\nchild's parentage. If the court determines that any of the\n\nallegations in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection are true, the\n\nOklahoma Gestational Agreement Act shall not apply and the\n\nparentage, rights and obligations of the parties and the child shall\n\nbe determined as otherwise provided by Oklahoma law. Any action\n\nrelated to such allegations may only be brought within one hundred\n\neighty (180) days after the birth of the child and not afterward.\n\nThe preceding sentence shall be interpreted as a statute of repose\n\nand not as a statute of limitations.","path":["OK Code","Title 10"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9a20f674097d66747c2dacd353d5661757491a5030b90cf77e00710943915c5f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-557.11","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-557.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}