Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 15 > Part 8 - Gestational Agreement

• Assisted reproduction: means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Child: means an individual of any age whose parentage may be determined under this chapter. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Donor: means an individual who produces eggs or sperm used for assisted reproduction, whether or not for consideration. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Genetic testing: means an analysis of genetic markers to exclude or identify a man as the father or a woman as the mother of a child. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Gestational mother: means an adult woman who gives birth to a child under a gestational agreement. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Mother: means a parent who is of the female sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Parent: means an individual who has established a parent-child relationship under Section 78B-15-201. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Parent-child relationship: means the legal relationship between a child and a parent of the child. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory, Native American Tribe, or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 78B-15-102
• Tribunal: means a court of law, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage. See Utah Code 78B-15-102