CHAPTER 1. SURROGATE AGREEMENTS

IC 31-20
    ARTICLE 20. FAMILY LAW: HUMANREPRODUCTION

IC 31-20-1
    Chapter 1. Surrogate Agreements

IC 31-20-1-1
Public policy declaration
    Sec. 1. The general assembly declares that it is against publicpolicy to enforce any term of a surrogate agreement that requires asurrogate to do any of the following:
        (1) Provide a gamete to conceive a child.
        (2) Become pregnant.
        (3) Consent to undergo or undergo an abortion.
        (4) Undergo medical or psychological treatment or examination.
        (5) Use a substance or engage in activity only in accordancewith the demands of another person.
        (6) Waive parental rights or duties to a child.
        (7) Terminate care, custody, or control of a child.
        (8) Consent to a stepparent adoption under IC 31-19 (orIC 31-3-1 before its repeal).
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.12.

IC 31-20-1-2
Void agreements
    Sec. 2. A surrogate agreement described in section 1 of thischapter that is formed after March 14, 1988, is void.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.12.

IC 31-20-1-3
Best interests of child; basis for court decisions
    Sec. 3. After March 14, 1988, a court may not base a decisionconcerning the best interests of a child in any civil action solely onevidence that a surrogate and any other person:
        (1) entered into a surrogate agreement; or
        (2) acted in accordance with a surrogate agreement;
unless a party proves that the surrogate agreement was entered intothrough duress, fraud, or misrepresentation.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.12.