{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-557.14","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-557.14","heading":"Termination of agreement","body":"A. In no event may a gestational agreement be terminated after\n\nthe gestational carrier becomes pregnant by means of assisted\n\nreproduction.\n\nB. Other than as prohibited by subsection A of this section, a\n\ngestational agreement may be terminated by any party thereto as\n\npermitted by the terms of the agreement under the following\n\nprocedures:\n\n1. Any of the parties to a validated gestational agreement may\n\nseek to terminate the gestational agreement by first giving written\n\nnotice of termination of the gestational agreement to each other\n\nparty to the gestational agreement;\n\n2. A person who sends the notice to terminate a validated\n\ngestational agreement shall file notice of the termination with the\n\nappropriate court. The court shall thereafter enter an order\n\nvacating the validation of the gestational agreement and terminating\n\nthe gestational agreement. As necessary, prior to issuing the order\n\nvacating the validation and terminating the gestational agreement,\n\nthe court may consider evidence to confirm the gestational carrier\n\nis not pregnant by means of assisted reproduction;\n\n3. A validated gestational agreement is not terminated until an\n\norder vacating the validation and terminating the gestational\n\nagreement has been entered by the court;\n\n4. If a gestational agreement has not been validated, it may be\n\nterminated by any of the parties thereto by such party sending a\n\nwritten notice of termination to the other parties to the\n\ngestational agreement. It is not necessary for a court to enter an\n\norder terminating a gestational agreement that has not been\n\nvalidated;\n\n5. The notice of termination required by this section shall be\n\nserved upon the other parties to the gestational agreement in the\n\nsame manner as summons is served in civil cases;\n\n6. Upon receipt of a notice to terminate a gestational\n\nagreement, the gestational carrier shall not undergo any assisted\n\nreproductive procedure to transfer any gametes or embryos to the\n\ngestational carrier for the purpose of conception or implantation as\n\npart of the gestational carrier arrangement unless otherwise\n\npermitted by the court;\n\n7. No party to a gestational agreement shall be liable to any\n\nother party for damages for terminating a gestational agreement in\n\naccordance with this section; provided, however, that termination of\n\na gestational agreement, whether validated or not, shall not relieve\n\nany party of the duty to pay for or to reimburse any other party for\n\nany medical, legal or travel expenses incurred pursuant to the\n\ngestational agreement prior to its termination which would otherwise\n\nbe owed if the gestational agreement had not been terminated, and a\n\nparty having a duty to pay or reimburse such expenses shall be\n\nliable to pay or reimburse such expenses; and\n\n8. Notwithstanding anything in this act to the contrary, within\n\none (1) year of the termination of a gestational agreement, whether\n\nvalidated or not, any party to the gestational agreement may file a\n\nwritten petition with the court that terminated a gestational\n\nagreement seeking to reinstate the gestational agreement and\n\nrequesting the court validate the gestational agreement. The party\n\nfiling such petition shall serve such petition on all other parties\n\nto the gestational agreement in the same manner as serving a\n\npetition in a civil case in Oklahoma. In any such case, the sole\n\nbasis upon which the court may reinstate the gestational agreement\n\nand validate it is if the court finds through competent evidence\n\nthat the gestational carrier became pregnant by means of an assisted\n\nreproduction procedure contemplated by the gestational agreement\n\nthat was performed before the party seeking to terminate the\n\ngestational agreement served upon the gestational carrier the\n\nwritten notice of termination of the gestational agreement. If the\n\ncourt so finds, and if all the requirements to validate a\nent evidence\n\nthat the gestational carrier became pregnant by means of an assisted\n\nreproduction procedure contemplated by the gestational agreement\n\nthat was performed before the party seeking to terminate the\n\ngestational agreement served upon the gestational carrier the\n\nwritten notice of termination of the gestational agreement. If the\n\ncourt so finds, and if all the requirements to validate a\n\ngestational agreement under this act are otherwise met, the\n\ntermination of the gestational agreement shall be null and void, and\n\nthe court shall enter an order reinstating the gestational agreement\n\nas if it had never been terminated and validating the gestational\n\nagreement. The court, taking into account the health and well-being\n\nof the gestational carrier and the child with which she is pregnant,\n\nmay order any scientifically acceptable genetic or medical testing\n\nallowed by law to aid it in its findings, may assess the costs of\n\nsuch testing to the party or parties the court deems appropriate and\n\nmay wait to make its ruling on the reinstatement and validation of\n\nthe gestational agreement until after the birth of the child.","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":"2c6768809981153167c4a13c6e6093415428f454fc69ce76574188ddb62b50a9","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-557.13","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-557.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}