SURROGACY ACT 2010 No. 2 - SECT 37 37 Other order if deceased intended parent

SURROGACY ACT 2010 No. 2 - SECT 37

(1) This section applies if--

(a) there were 2 intended parents under a surrogacy arrangement and the 2 intended parents were a couple when the surrogacy arrangement was made; and

(b) one of the intended parents dies before a parentage order is made.

(2) Without limiting section 36, if the court makes a parentage order transferring parentage of the child to the surviving intended parent, the court may also make an order declaring that the deceased intended parent is taken to have been a parent of the child.