1. (1)

   1. (a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

      1. (i) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement;
      2. (ii) an adjudication of the woman's maternity;
      3. (iii) adoption of the child by the woman;
      4. (iv) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law; or
      5. (v) an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section 81-5-204.
   2. (b) In this chapter, the presumption of maternity shall be treated the same as a presumption of paternity as established in Subsection (2)(a).

2. (2) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

   1. (a) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 81-5-204;
   2. (b) an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged;
   3. (c) an adjudication of the man's paternity;
   4. (d) adoption of the child by the man;
   5. (e) the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Part 7, Assisted Reproduction, which resulted in the birth of the child; or
   6. (f) an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session