AGENCY: Office of Vital Records and Statistics

SERIES: 28617
TITLE: Gestational carrier files
DATES: 2008-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number

DESCRIPTION: These records support the agency's function to document and certify the facts of births and family formation for the legal purposes of the state's citizens (Utah Code 26-2-3 (2013)). These records document the determination by a court of the parentage of a child born to a surrogate mother (Utah Code 78B-15-807 (2008)). Records include the original birth certificate and the court order determining parentage according to the validated gestational agreement.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 100 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 01/2015

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 100 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical Legal

As a Vital Record, this is of permanent value.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. Utah Code 26-2-22 (2012)