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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-1001" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Paternity Proceedings">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Administration” means the Child Support Administration of the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Alleged father” means an individual who is alleged, by himself or by another party, to be the father of a child in a proceeding under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Assisted reproduction” means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Assisted reproduction” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>intrauterine or intracervical insemination;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>donation of gametes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>donation of embryos;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>in–vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>intracytoplasmic sperm injection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Attorney for the Administration” means an attorney who represents the Administration in accordance with § 10–115(c) of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Complaint” means a bill or petition in equity filed in a paternity proceeding.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Father” means an individual, regardless of gender, whose sperm fertilizes an ovum, resulting in the birth of a child.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Father” does not include a gamete donor, unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the gamete donor and the child’s mother agree in writing that the gamete donor will be a parent of the child; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at the time of the child’s conception, the gamete donor is married to the child’s mother.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Gamete donor” means an individual who provides, with or without consideration, sperm or an ovum intended for use in assisted reproduction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Gamete donor” does not include the mother of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction using the mother’s ovum.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Mother” means an individual, regardless of gender, who gives birth to a child unless parentage is otherwise established.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Putative father” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an alleged father of a child who has no parent or presumed parent under Title 1, Subtitle 2 of the Estates and Trusts Article, other than the child’s mother; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an alleged father who is presumed to be the parent of a child under § 1–208(c)(1) or (2) of the Estates and Trusts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
