Michigan Laws > Chapter 722 > Act 24 of 2024 – Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 722 > Act 24 of 2024 - Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Assisted reproduction: means a method of causing pregnancy through means other than by sexual intercourse including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(i) Intrauterine, intracervical, or vaginal insemination. See Michigan Laws 722.1703Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Business owned by persons with disabilities: means a business in which all of the following apply:
(i) More than 50% of the voting shares or interest in the business is owned, controlled, and operated by 1 or more persons with disabilities. See Michigan Laws 450.792Child: means an individual born as a result of assisted reproduction or under a surrogacy agreement, whose parentage may be determined under this act. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Closing: means the permanent shutting down of operations at any establishment at which at least 25 persons are employed. See Michigan Laws 450.732 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Controlled: means exercising the power to make policy decisions in a business. See Michigan Laws 450.771 Controlled: means exercising the power to make policy decisions in a business. See Michigan Laws 450.792 Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Department: means the department of labor. See Michigan Laws 450.732 Department: means a principal department of the executive branch of the state government. See Michigan Laws 450.771 Department: means a principal department of the executive branch of the state government. See Michigan Laws 450.792 Disability: means a determinable physical or mental impairment of an individual or the history of an impairment that may result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth, or functional disorder. See Michigan Laws 450.792 Donor: means an individual who provides gametes intended for use in assisted reproduction, whether or not for compensation. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Donor: The person who makes a gift. Employee-owned corporation: means a business operation that is controlled by, and designed to maintain control by, its employees, and in which control is distributed among its employees according to a democratic formula, if the business operation is 1 of the following:
(i) A business operation the management rights of which are represented by voting stock that may be owned only by: employees of the operation, a nonprofit community development corporation, or an employee-owned stock ownership plan in which not less than 50% of the employees participate in each portion of the plan. See Michigan Laws 450.732Establishment: includes a factory, plant, office, or other facility, but does not include a construction site or other work place that was intended to be a temporary work place. See Michigan Laws 450.732 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Expenditures: means payments and contracts for goods, services, and construction which may be acquired competitively and are not regulated by separate authority, and, where the department acts as the sole or primary contracting officer and has selective discretion as to the supplier, vendor, or contractor. See Michigan Laws 450.771 Expenditures: means payments and contracts for goods, services, and construction which may be acquired competitively and are not regulated by separate authority, and, where the department acts as the sole or primary contracting officer and has selective discretion as to the supplier, vendor, or contractor. See Michigan Laws 450.792 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Genetic surrogate: means an individual, not an intended parent, who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using the individual's own gametes. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Gestational surrogate: means an individual, not an intended parent, who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction using gametes that are not the individual's own. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 industrial cooperative: means an establishment in which the owners or members all work in the establishment and are the only persons who work in the establishment. See Michigan Laws 450.732 Intended parent: means an individual, married or unmarried, who manifests an intent to be legally bound as a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction or by assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 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. Medical evaluation: means a complete consultation with and evaluation by a physician. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Mental health consultation: means a consultation with and, when required by this act, an assessment by a mental health professional. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Mental health professional: means that term as defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Minority: means a person who is black, hispanic, oriental, eskimo, or an American Indian who is not less than 1/4 quantum Indian blood as certified by the person's tribal association and verified by the Indian affairs commission. See Michigan Laws 450.771 Minority owned business: means a business enterprise of which more than 50% of the voting shares or interest in the business is owned, controlled, and operated by individuals who are members of a minority and with respect to which more than 50% of the net profit or loss attributable to the business accrues to shareholders who are members of a minority. See Michigan Laws 450.771 Operated: means the activity of being involved in the day to day management of a business. See Michigan Laws 450.771 Operated: means the activity of being involved in the day-to-day management of a business. See Michigan Laws 450.792 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 450.771 Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 450.792 person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l Person with disabilities: means an individual with 1 or more disabilities. See Michigan Laws 450.792 Physician: means an individual licensed under part 170 or 175 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer. Relocation: means the transfer of a part of a corporation's operation from 1 establishment to another existing or proposed establishment located at a distance from the first establishment which results in at least a 25-person reduction in the number of employees at the first establishment, but does not include a transfer from an establishment in 1 part of a political subdivision to an establishment in another part of the same political subdivision. See Michigan Laws 450.732 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights. Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Surrogacy agreement: means an agreement between 1 or more intended parents and a surrogate in which the surrogate agrees to become pregnant by assisted reproduction and that provides that each intended parent is a parent of a child conceived under the agreement. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Surrogate: means an individual who is not an intended parent and who agrees to become pregnant through assisted reproduction under a surrogacy agreement. See Michigan Laws 722.1703 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Woman owned business: means a business of which more than 50% of the voting shares or interest in the business is owned, controlled, and operated by women and with respect to which more than 50% of the net profit or loss attributable to the business accrues to the women shareholders. See Michigan Laws 450.771