{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-26.26a.785","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 26.26A.785","heading":"Genetic surrogacy agreement—Breach.","body":"(1) Subject to RCW 26.26A.715(1)(g) and 26.26A.765(2), if a genetic surrogacy agreement is breached by a woman acting as a genetic surrogate or one or more intended parents, the nonbreaching party is entitled to the remedies available at law or in equity.\n(2) Specific performance is not a remedy available for breach by a woman acting as a genetic surrogate of a requirement of a validated or nonvalidated genetic surrogacy agreement that the surrogate be impregnated.\n(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, specific performance is a remedy available for:\n(a) Breach of a validated genetic surrogacy agreement by a woman acting as a genetic surrogate of a requirement which prevents an intended parent from exercising the full rights of parentage forty-eight hours after the birth of the child; or\n(b) Breach by an intended parent which prevents the intended parent's acceptance of duties of parentage forty-eight hours after the birth of the child.","path":["Title 26","Chapter 26.26A"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=26.26A.785","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:42:05Z","sha256":"fa3c100fdbb4cf4f2a1a12e8e4d8a9219092cafb524b3c4d240b8bee6f168995","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-26.26a.780","next":"us-wa/rcw-26.26a.800"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}