§ 81-5-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.

(1) (a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by: (i) the woman's having given birth to the child, except as otherwise provided in Part 8, Gestational Agreement; (ii) an adjudication of the woman's maternity; (iii) adoption of the child by the woman; (iv) an adjudication confirming the woman as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law; or (v) an unrebutted presumption of maternity of the child established in the same manner as under Section 81-5-204. (b) In this chapter, the presumption of maternity shall be treated the same as a presumption of paternity as established in Subsection (2)(a). (2) The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by: (a) an unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under Section 81-5-204; (b) an effective declaration of paternity by the man under Part 3, Voluntary Declaration of Paternity, unless the declaration has been rescinded or successfully challenged; (c) an adjudication of the man's paternity; (d) adoption of the child by the man; (e) the man having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under Part 7, Assisted Reproduction, which resulted in the birth of the child; or (f) an adjudication confirming the man as a parent of a child born to a gestational mother if the agreement was validated under Part 8, Gestational Agreement, or is enforceable under other law.