Terms Used In New York Laws > Domestic Relations > Article 8 - Genetic Surrogate Parenting Contracts

• commissioner: means the head of the office for people with developmental disabilities. See N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 13.03
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Genetic surrogate: shall mean a person who gives birth to a child who is the person's genetic child pursuant to a genetic surrogate parenting agreement. See N.Y. Domestic Relations Law 121
• Genetic surrogate parenting agreement: shall mean any agreement, oral or written, in which:
  
  (a) a genetic surrogate agrees either to be inseminated with the sperm of a person who is not their spouse or to be impregnated with an embryo that is the product of the genetic surrogate's ovum fertilized with the sperm of a person who is not their spouse; and
  
  (b) the genetic surrogate agrees to, or intends to, surrender or consent to the adoption of the child born as a result of such insemination or impregnation. See N.Y. Domestic Relations Law 121
• office: means the office for people with developmental disabilities. See N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 13.03
• Office: means the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services. See N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 19.03
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.