New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB373

Introduced
2/11/25  

Caption

Revised Uniform Parentage Act

Impact

This bill will significantly impact New Mexico's family law landscape, establishing provisions that protect the rights of all parties involved in assisted reproduction and surrogacy arrangements. By clarifying the obligations and rights of donors, intended parents, and surrogates, HB373 aims to eliminate potential ambiguities that could lead to disputes. It addresses pressing issues such as the validity of surrogacy contracts and the processes for establishing a parent-child relationship, thereby promoting the welfare of children and ensuring that their familial ties are legally recognized.

Summary

House Bill 373 introduces the Revised Uniform Parentage Act, aimed at modernizing and clarifying the laws concerning parentage, especially in the context of assisted reproduction and surrogacy agreements. The bill outlines the legal status of parents, including those involved in assisted reproduction, and establishes clear definitions and processes for determining parentage. It amends the existing statutes to ensure that individuals' rights and responsibilities are clearly defined, leading to more consistent outcomes in legal situations surrounding parentage.

Contention

While the bill attempts to streamline parentage laws, it may also raise areas of contention, particularly regarding the rights of biological parents versus non-biological parents in surrogacy situations. Some advocates may express concerns about the implications on surrogates, including the ethics of surrogacy and potential exploitation. Additionally, the bill's provisions related to the acknowledgment and denial of parentage may face scrutiny regarding their implications for individuals who wish to contest parentage claims, especially in sensitive cases involving familial relationships and identity.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Similar Bills

HI HB1193

Relating To Parentage.

HI SB1231

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PA HB350

In intestate succession, further providing for rules of succession; in administration and personal representatives, providing for liability of executor; in proceedings prior to petition to adopt, further providing for rules of succession, for hearing, for alternative procedure for relinquishment and for hearing; in support matters generally, further providing general administration of support matters, repealing provisions relating to paternity and further providing for continuing jurisdiction over support orders; in general provisions relating to children and minors, repealing provisions relating to acknowledgment and claim of paternity; in jurisdiction, further providing for bases for jurisdiction over nonresident; enacting the Uniform Parentage Act; providing for parent-child relationship for certain individuals, for voluntary acknowledgment of parentage, for genetic testing, for proceeding to adjudicate parentage, for assisted reproduction, for surrogacy agreements and for information about donors; and, in organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for original jurisdiction and venue.

IL HB2683

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IL SB2507

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OR SB163

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NM SB417

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NV AB424

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