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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 742
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F.S. 742.13

742.13 Definitions.—As used in ss. 742.11-742.17, the term:

(1) “Assisted reproductive technology” means those procreative procedures which involve the laboratory handling of human eggs or preembryos, including, but not limited to, in vitro fertilization embryo transfer, gamete intrafallopian transfer, pronuclear stage transfer, tubal embryo transfer, and zygote intrafallopian transfer.

(2) “Commissioning couple” means the intended mother and father of a child who will be conceived by means of assisted reproductive technology using the eggs or sperm of at least one of the intended parents.

(3) “Egg” means the unfertilized female reproductive cell.

(4) “Fertilization” means the initial union of an egg and sperm.

(5) “Gestational surrogate” means a woman who contracts to become pregnant by means of assisted reproductive technology without the use of an egg from her body.

(6) “Gestational surrogacy” means a state that results from a process in which a commissioning couple’s eggs or sperm, or both, are mixed in vitro and the resulting preembryo is implanted within another woman’s body.

(7) “Gestational surrogacy contract” means a written agreement between the gestational surrogate and the commissioning couple.

(8) “Gamete intrafallopian transfer” means the direct transfer of eggs and sperm into the fallopian tube prior to fertilization.

(9) “Implantation” means the event that occurs when a fertilized egg adheres to the uterine wall for nourishment.

(10) “In vitro” refers to a laboratory procedure performed in an artificial environment outside a woman’s body.

(11) “In vitro fertilization embryo transfer” means the transfer of an in vitro fertilized preembryo into a woman’s uterus.

(12) “Preembryo” means the product of fertilization of an egg by a sperm until the appearance of the embryonic axis.

(13) “Pronuclear stage transfer” or “zygote intrafallopian transfer” means the transfer of an in vitro fertilized preembryo into the fallopian tube before cell division takes place.

(14) “Sperm” means the male reproductive cell.

(15) “Tubal embryo transfer” means the transfer of a dividing, in vitro fertilized preembryo into the fallopian tube.

History.—s. 2, ch. 93-237.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 742.13

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 742.13.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 742.13

Total Results: 10

Angel Givoanni Rivera and Ashley Nicole Isabel Brito v. Jennifer Salas

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-19T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: of scientific testing to determine paternity); § 742.13 (definitions); § 742.14 (relinquishment of maternal…of at least one of the intended parents." § 742.13(2) (emphasis added). "Assisted reproductive…laboratory handling of human eggs or preembryos." § 742.13(1) (emphasis added).

JAMES ENRIQUEZ vs ASHLEY VELAZQUEZ

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-11-03T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: See § 742.13(1), Fla. Stat. Applying these statutory definitions from section 742.13, which the…commissioning couple” in section 742.13(2). Reading section 742.14 and section 742.13 together provides the … “commissioning couple” was defined in section 742.13(2), Florida Statutes (2020), as the “intended …technology,” as that term is defined in section 742.13(1). However, it then concluded that this “does … that the court “necessarily must read sections 742.13 and 742.14 together”). 3 The trial

Lopez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-04-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 136 So. 3d 1265

Snippet: manslaughter. See Haygood v. State, 109 So.3d 735, 742-13 (Fla.2013) (holding that the jury instruction on

D.M.T. v. T.M.H.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-11-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 129 So. 3d 320, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 812, 2013 WL 5942278, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2422

Snippet: definition of the term “commissioning couple” in section 742.13(2), also violates state and federal equal protection…of a “commissioning couple” — defined in section 742.13 as the intended mother and father of a child who… to the donation or the resulting child. See §§ 742.13(2), 742.14, Fla. Stat. In response to the biological…commissioning couple,” as the term is defined in section 742.13(2) and used in section 742.14, to be exempt from…T.M.H.’s interest, and analyze whether sections 742.13(2) and 742.14 violate the state and federal constitutional

A.A.B. v. B.O.C.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-05-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 112 So. 3d 761, 2013 WL 1978723, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 7803

Snippet: B.O.C. were not a “commissioning couple.” See § 742.13(2). A.A.B. testified that she was in a committed…donation or the resulting children. . Section 742.13, provides the following definitions: (1) "

T.M.H. v. D.M.T.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-12-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 79 So. 3d 787

Snippet: the intended mother and father” of the child. § 742.13(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). . Cf. Lamaritata, 823

Tmh v. Dmt

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-12-22T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 79 So. 3d 787

Snippet: intended mother and father" of the child. § 742.13(2), Fla. Stat. (2008). [20] Cf. Lamaritata, 823

Janssen v. Alicea

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-03-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 30 So. 3d 680

Snippet: donation or the resulting children." Section 742.13, Florida Statutes (2008), defines "a commissioning

Lamaritata v. Lucas

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-08-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 823 So. 2d 316

Snippet: of at least one of the intended parents." § 742.13(2). There are no facts to show that Mr. Lucas and

Ferrante v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-05-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 524 So. 2d 742, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1197, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 2065, 1988 WL 47536

Snippet: Glickstein, Hersey, Letts 18 May 1988 524 So. 2d 742, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1197, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 2065,