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*the one or two people who want to have the child, the ''intended parents'', are parents,
*the one or two people who want to have the child, the ''intended parents'', are parents,
*the donor of sperm or an egg ''is not a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction that makes the donor a parent, and
*the donor of sperm or an egg ''is not a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction agreement that makes the donor a parent, and
*a surrogate mother ''is a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction that makes her not a parent.
*a surrogate mother ''is a parent'', unless everyone has signed an assisted reproduction agreement that makes her not a parent.


If you do the math, you'll see that under the ''Family Law Act'' a child can have up to five parents. The act doesn't discriminate between parents who are intended parents and parents who are donors or surrogate mothers. In for a penny, in for a pound, as the saying goes: a parent under an assisted reproduction agreement is liable to pay child support just like every other parent, but is also presumed to be the guardian of a child under s. 39(3).
If you do the math, you'll see that under the ''Family Law Act'' a child can have up to five parents. The act doesn't discriminate between parents who are intended parents and parents who are donors or surrogate mothers. In for a penny, in for a pound, as the saying goes: a parent under an assisted reproduction agreement is liable to pay child support just like every other parent, but is also presumed to be the guardian of a child under s. 39(3).

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