Under section 30, a person who is the married spouse of a surrogate mother, or living in a "marriage-like relationship" with a surrogate mother, can also be a parent if everyone involved signs written assisted reproduction agreement, before the child is conceived, that says the person will be a parent.

People who are the married spouse of a surrogate mother, or living in a "marriage-like relationship" with a surrogate mother, and are a parent of the child the surrogate mother gave birth to, are parents for all purposes under the ''Family Law Act'', including the parts of the act that talk about guardianship, parenting after separation, and child support.

====Assisted reproduction after death====

When people try to have a child through assisted reproduction, including through in vitro fertilizationwhen no one other than the intended parents are involved, the laboratory will commonly store a lot more sperm, eggs and sometimes zygotes than are needed right away. This is especially common where multiple attempts may be needed to have a successful pregnancy. Whether it is expected or notSometimes, however, sometimes a donor of eggs or or someone who intends on having a child has donated sperm or eggs dies before the child is conceived.

====What Section 28 of the ''Family Law Act'' says what happens if a donor dies?====before the child is conceived. As long as there is proof that the donor consented to the use of their sperm or eggs to conceive a child, consented to being a parent of a child conceived after their death, and did not withdraw their consent before they died, the parents of a child conceived with the genetic material or embryo are the deceased donor and the donor's married spouse or the person who lived in a marriage-like relationship with the donor.

Section 28 of the ''Family Law Act'' 29 says what happens that if an intended parent dies, they will still be a donor dies before parent of the child as long as the child is was conceivedbefore their death.

====What happens if As long as a child was conceived before an intended parent dies?====, section 29 of the ''Family Law Act'' says that the intended parent will still be the parent of the child, providing that:

As long as a #the surrogate mother gives her written consent to surrender the child was conceived before an to the executor or other person acting in the place of the deceased intended parent diesor intended parents, section 29 of and#the ''Family Law Act'' says that executor, or other person acting in the intended parent will still be the parent of 's or intended parents' place, takes the child, as long as:into their care.