Bill > S1133

This bill proposes the following key provisions: This bill amends Chapter 209C of the Massachusetts General Laws, which deals with the determination of parentage, to promote children's security by ensuring that every child has the same rights and protections under the law regardless of the marital status or gender of the parents or the circumstances of the child's birth. The bill replaces the term "paternity" with "parentage" throughout the chapter to be more inclusive, and clarifies that parentage can be established through assisted reproduction and surrogacy agreements in addition to biological means. It also establishes rules around presumptions of parentage, de facto parentage, and requirements for voluntary acknowledgments of parentage. Additionally, the bill creates a new chapter, the Massachusetts Parentage Act, which provides detailed rules and requirements for assisted reproduction, gestational surrogacy agreements, and genetic surrogacy agreements to help determine parentage in those situations.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1133