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9 Barry L. Child & Fam. L.J. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/cflj9 and id is 1 raw text is: Gestational Surrogacy Contract Terms Under the
2017 Uniform Parentage Act
Jhonell Campbell*
I.  Intro du ction  ........................................................................... . .  3
II. Gestational Surrogacy in the United States............................. 6
A. Overview of Gestational Surrogacy in the United States....... 6
B . The  L aw  of  Surrogacy  .........................................................  7
1.  C ase  L aw  ........................................................................ .   7
i. In  R e  B aby  M  (1988)  ....................................................  7
ii. Johnson  v. Calvert (1993)...........................................  9
2. Constitutional Cases Influencing Surrogacy Agreements. 11
3. Statutes Governing Surrogacy Agreements.................... 15
III. The UPA and the Enforceability of Gestational Surrogacy
C ontract  P rovisions.................................................................. . .  16
A. The Uniform Parentage Act ............................................. 16
1. Pre-UPA and the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973 ...... 16
2. The Uniform Parentage Act of 2002 .............................. 17
3. Uniform Parentage Act of 2017...................................... 18
B. Enforceability of Gestational Surrogacy Contract Provisions
under the 2017 Uniform Parentage Act.................................. 19
1. Overview of Gestational Surrogacy Agreements .......... 20
2. B ehavior  Provisions.......................................................  20
* J.D., University of Maryland School of Law, 2019. I would like to thank Professor
Martha Ertman who inspired me to pursue this topic. I would also like to thank my
mother, Tabitha Harvey, and grandmother, Olive Harvey, for their endless support
throughout this process.

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