Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2720.8 – Continuing and exclusive jurisdiction
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2720.8
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Gestational carrier: means a woman who agrees to engage in a process by which she attempts to carry and give birth to a child born as a result of an in utero transfer of a human embryo to which she makes no genetic contribution. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2718.1
- 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.
Subject to the jurisdictional requirements of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, the court having jurisdiction over the proceeding to approve a gestational carrier contract pursuant to this Part shall have exclusive, continuing jurisdiction of all matters arising out of the gestational carrier contract.
Acts 2016, No. 494, §1.