Minnesota § 257E.24 SPOUSE'S DISPUTE OF PARENTAGE; LIMITATIONS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 257E.24 — SPOUSE'S DISPUTE OF PARENTAGE; LIMITATIONS

Minnesota § 257E.24

PartPUBLIC WELFARE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Ch. 257EASSISTED REPRODUCTION

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Minn. Stat. § 257E.24 (2026).

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), an individual who, at the time of a child's birth, is the spouse of the parent who gave birth to the child by assisted reproduction may not challenge the individual's parentage of the child unless:

(1)not later than two years after the birth of the child, the spouse commences a proceeding to adjudicate the spouse's parentage of the child; and

(2)the court finds that the spouse did not consent to the assisted reproduction before, on, or after birth of the child, or withdrew consent under section257E.26.

(b)A proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction may be commenced at any time if the court determines:

(1)the spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction; (

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), an individual who, at the time of a child's birth, is the spouse of the parent who gave birth to the child by assisted reproduction may not challenge the individual's parentage of the child unless:
(1) not later than two years after the birth of the child, the spouse commences a proceeding to adjudicate the spouse's parentage of the child; and
(2) the court finds that the spouse did not consent to the assisted reproduction before, on, or after birth of the child, or withdrew consent under section257E.26.
(b) A proceeding to adjudicate a spouse's parentage of a child born by assisted reproduction may be commenced at any time if the court determines:
(1) the spouse neither provided a gamete for, nor consented to, the assisted reproduction;
(2) the spouse and the parent who gave birth to the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and
(3) the spouse never openly held out the child as the spouse's child.
(c) This section applies to a spouse's dispute of parentage even if the spouse's marriage is declared invalid after assisted reproduction occurs.