Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 257E.10. Definitions

Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given.

Subd. 2. Assisted reproduction. “Assisted reproduction” means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes:

Assisted reproduction does not include a pregnancy under a surrogacy agreement, the pregnancy of a surrogate, the transfer of an embryo to a surrogate, or when a child is conceived pursuant to a surrogacy agreement. For purposes of this subdivision, “surrogate” means an individual who agrees to become pregnant but who does not intend to be legally bound as a parent of the child.

Subd. 3. Birth. “Birth” includes fetal deaths reportable undersection 144.222.

Subd. 4. Determination of parentage. “Determination of parentage” means the establishment of a parent-child relationship by a judicial proceeding or signing of a valid recognition of parentage undersection 257.75.

Subd. 5. Donor. “Donor” means an individual who provides gametes intended for use in assisted reproduction, whether or not for consideration. The term does not include a parent or an intended parent.

Subd. 6. Gamete. “Gamete” means a sperm or an egg.

Subd. 7. Genetic testing. “Genetic testing” means an analysis of genetic markers to identify or exclude a genetic relationship.

Subd. 8. Intended parent. “Intended parent” means an individual, married or unmarried, who manifests an intent to be legally bound as a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction.

Subd. 9. Parent. “Parent” means an individual who is the legal parent of a child under the laws of the state.

Subd. 10. Parentage; parent-child relationship. “Parentage” or “parent-child relationship” means the legal relationship between a child and a parent of the child.

Subd. 11. Presumed parent. “Presumed parent” means an individual who undersections 257.51to257.74is presumed to be a parent of a child, unless the requirements ofsection 257.57, subdivision 2, are met; the presumption is overcome in a judicial proceeding; a valid denial of parentage is made under this chapter; or a court adjudicates the individual to be a parent.

Subd. 12. Transfer. “Transfer” means a procedure for assisted reproduction by which an embryo or sperm is placed in the body of the individual who will give birth to the child.