BILL NUMBER: AB 1926	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member DeVore
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Spitzer)

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2006

   An act to amend Section 7610 of the Family Code, relating to
parent and child relationships.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1926, as introduced, DeVore  Parent and child relationships:
embryo adoption.
   Existing law provides that a parent and child relationship may be
established between a child and the natural mother by proof of her
having given birth to the child or between a child and an adoptive
parent by proof of adoption.
   This bill would revise those provisions to provide that the parent
and child relationship may also be established between a child and
the natural mother if the mother becomes pregnant as a result of an
embryo transfer performed in compliance with a written agreement or
between a child and an adoptive parent by proof of adoption,
including an agreement for embryo transfer.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 7610 of the Family Code is amended to read:
   7610.  The parent and child relationship may be established as
follows:
   (a) Between a child and the natural mother,  including a
mother who becomes pregnant as a result of an embryo transfer
performed in compliance with a written agreement,  it may be
established by proof of her having given birth to the child, or under
this part.
   (b) Between a child and the natural father, it may be established
under this part.
   (c) Between a child and an adoptive parent, it may be established
by proof of adoption  ,   including an agreement for
embryo transfer as described in subdivision (a)  .