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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-401 (2026)

Single means of establishing parentage - Legislative intent

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This chapter provides a single means to establish parentage of children born of donated embryo transfer to recipient intended parent. It is intended to promote the interests of children who may be born as a result of donated embryo transfer. It is the intent that no adoption pursuant to chapter 1 of this title or no parentage pursuant to chapter 3 of this title shall be required to create parentage in recipient intended parent pursuant to this part.

Added by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 309,s 1, eff. 7/1/2013.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2014–2022 · leading case: In Re Baby, 447 S.W.3d 807 (Tenn. 2014).
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In Re Baby, 447 S.W.3d 807 (Tenn. 2014). · cites it 4× “Of similarly limited relevance are Tennessee Code Annotated sections 36-2-401 to -403 (2014), which provide “a single means to establish parentage of children born of donated embryo transfer to [a] recipient intended parent,” id.”
Cedra Deanntre Potts (Taylor) v. Starr Anastasia Potts (2021). · cites it 12× “The applicable statutes—Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-2-401 to -403—primarily use the term “embryo transfer,” which is defined as “the medical procedure of physically placing an embryo in the uterus of a female recipient intended parent.”
Christina Jane Compher v. Dana Janelle Whitefield (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “In 2013, the General Assembly enacted Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-2-401 to -403. a controversy between a gestator and a female genetic progenitor where the genetic and gestative roles have been separated and distributed among two women, nor does this case involve a controversy between…”
In Re Baby (Tenn. 2014). · cites it 2× “Of similarly limited relevance are Tennessee Code Annotated sections 36-2-401 to -403 (2014), which provide “a single means to establish parentage of children born of donated embryo transfer to [a] recipient intended parent,” id.”
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