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AN ACT relating to parentage; adopting provisions of the Uniform Parentage Act; revising provisions relating to the establishment of a parent and child relationship and the presumption of parentage; establishing provisions concerning the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage and denial of parentage by certain persons; authorizing the State Board of Health to adopt regulations relating to an acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage; establishing provisions governing genetic testing in proceedings to adjudicate parentage; establishing and revising various provisions relating to proceedings to adjudicate parentage; authorizing a person who claims to be a de facto parent of a child to be adjudicated as a parent of the child in certain circumstances; authorizing a court to adjudicate a child to have more than two parents in certain circumstances; establishing and revising provisions relating to assisted reproduction and gestational agreements; providing for the right of a gestational carrier to make all health care decisions regarding the gestational carrier and the pregnancy of the gestational carrier; repealing various provisions relating to parentage; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to parentage; adopting provisions of the Uniform Parentage Act; revising provisions relating to the establishment of a parent and child relationship and the presumption of parentage; establishing provisions concerning the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage and denial of parentage by certain persons; authorizing the State Board of Health to adopt regulations relating to an acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage; establishing provisions governing genetic testing in proceedings to adjudicate parentage; establishing and revising various provisions relating to proceedings to adjudicate parentage; authorizing a person who claims to be a de facto parent of a child to be adjudicated as a parent of the child in certain circumstances; authorizing a court to adjudicate a child to have more than two parents in certain circumstances; establishing and revising provisions relating to assisted reproduction and gestational agreements; providing for the right of a gestational carrier to make all health care decisions regarding the gestational carrier and the pregnancy of the gestational carrier; repealing various provisions relating to parentage; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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AN ACT relating to parentage; adopting provisions of the Uniform Parentage Act; revising provisions relating to the esta
Existing law sets forth provisions governing parentage and the establishment of parent and child relationships. (Chapter 126 of NRS) Sections 29-90 of this bill generally replace such provisions with provisions modeled after those of the Uniform Parentage Act (hereinafter “UPA”), adopted by the Uniform Law Commission in 2017. Sections 4-27 of this bill define terms for the purposes of chapter 126 of NRS that are modeled after the definitions of the terms used in the UPA. Existing law provides the manner in which the legal relationship of a mother and child can be established, including: (1) except in the case of a gestational agreement, proof that a woman gave birth to a child; (2) an adjudication that a woman is the mother of a child; (3) proof that a woman has adopted a child; (4) an unrebutted presumption of a woman's maternity; (5) the consent of a woman to assisted reproduction that resulted in the birth of a child; or (6) an adjudication confirming a woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier. (NRS 126.041) Existing law also provides the manner in which the legal relationship of a father and child can be established, including: (1) an adjudication that a man is the father of a child; (2) proof that a man has adopted a child; (3) the consent of a man to assisted reproduction that resulted in the birth of a child; (4) an adjudication confirming a man as a parent of a child born to a gestational carrier; (5) a presumption of paternity that arises if a m
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