MCL - Section 722.857

SURROGATE PARENTING ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 199 of 1988

***** 722.857 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 24 OF 2024 EFFECTIVE 91 DAYS AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF THE 2024 REGULAR SESSION SINE DIE *****



722.857 Surrogate parentage contract prohibited; conditions; surrogate parentage contract as felony; penalty.

Sec. 7.

    (1) A person shall not enter into, induce, arrange, procure, or otherwise assist in the formation of a surrogate parentage contract under which an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being intellectually disabled or as having a mental illness or developmental disability is the surrogate mother or surrogate carrier.
    (2) A person other than an unemancipated minor female or a female diagnosed as being intellectually disabled or as having a mental illness or developmental disability who enters into, induces, arranges, procures, or otherwise assists in the formation of a contract described in subsection (1) is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $50,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.


History: 1988, Act 199, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014