{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15c-v.s.a.-707","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15C V.S.A. § 707","heading":"Parental status of deceased person","body":"(a) If a person who intends to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction dies during the period between the transfer of a gamete or embryo and the birth of the child, the person’s death does not preclude the establishment of the person’s parentage of the child if the person otherwise would be a parent of the child under this chapter.\n(b)(1) If a person who consented in a record to assisted reproduction by the person giving birth to the child dies before transfer or implantation of gametes or embryos, the deceased person is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction unless:\n(A) the deceased person consented in a record that if assisted reproduction were to occur after the death of the deceased person, the deceased person would be a parent of the child; or\n(B) the deceased person’s intent to be a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction after the person’s death is established by a preponderance of the evidence.\n(2) A person is a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under subdivision (1) of this subsection only if:\n(A) the embryo is in utero not later than 36 months after the person’s death; or\n(B) the child is born not later than 45 months after the person’s death.","path":["Title 15C: Parentage Proceedings","Chapter 007: Parentage by Assisted Reproduction"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/15C/007/00707","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"30cb6d83f083c49f3f67eb46e2dc9f736bfc1bae48dcaaaeab3c278525e5d644","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15c-v.s.a.-706","next":"us-vt/15c-v.s.a.-708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}