Response Booklet - Consultation Paper on Parentage under Part 3 of the

A provision allowing for more than two parents where a child is conceived by sexual intercourse should require, at a minimum, that the following people must be parties to the pre-birth agreement: (a) the intended birth parent, who is not a surrogate; (b) the spouse of the intended birth parent; (c) the person whose sperm is used to conceive the child, if that person is not a donor and is not the s. [...] The definition of “donor” in section 20 of the Family Law Act should be amended to eliminate the requirement that an embryo donor must have a genetic connection to the donated embryo by striking out “created through the use of his or her human reproductive material.” Agree Disagree Comments: 10. [...] Part 3 of the Family Law Act should be amended to create a provision assigning full decision-making power for the child to the intended parents for the period between birth and the granting of consent by the surrogate to relinquish the child, unless otherwise provided for in the surrogacy agreement. [...] Part 3 of the Family Law Act should not be amended to directly address how the best interests of the child is to be addressed by the court in making an order under the part. [...] Section 31 of the Family Law Act should be amended to address the territorial jurisdiction of the court to make an order declaring parentage by providing that the court has jurisdiction, in addition to any other basis of jurisdiction under the Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act (a) if the child is born in British Columbia or (b) an alleged parent resides in British Columbia.