§ 26.26.720. Child of assisted reproduction -- Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may not challenge his paternity of the child unless:
(a) Within two years after learning of the birth of the child he commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity; and
(b) The court finds that he did not consent to the assisted reproduction, before or after birth of the child.
(2) A proceeding to adjudicate paternity may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:
(a) The husband did not provide sperm for, or before or after the birth of the child consent to, assisted reproduction by his wife;
(b) The husband and the mother of the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and
(c) The husband never openly treated the child as his own.
(3) The limitation provided in this section applies to a marriage declared invalid after assisted reproduction.
[2002 c 302 § 605.]
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