{
  "code": "US-MI",
  "name": "Michigan",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "black_letter": "CURRENT (~April 2025): Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act / Family Protection Act package—2024 Mich. Pub. Acts 24–31 (ARSPA). UPA-2017–influenced; donor non-parentage and intent-based AR parentage; replaces former surrogacy ban. Confirm exact effective dates and MCL section numbers on the official legislature host. PRE-REFORM: physician-oriented / restrictive landscape; Syrkowski v. Appleyard, 420 Mich. 367 (1985), and Van v. Zahorik, 461 Mich. 489 (1999), are historical—not ARSPA black letter. Chronology: statutory reform, not a single known-donor COA case driving the change.",
  "ai_informal": "statute_protects",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "no",
  "agreement_effect": "evidence_only",
  "key_citations": [
    {
      "label": "2024 Mich. Pub. Acts 24 — Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act",
      "url": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Act-24-of-2024"
    },
    {
      "label": "Syrkowski v. Appleyard, 420 Mich. 367 (1985) (pre-ARSPA historical)",
      "url": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Act-24-of-2024"
    }
  ],
  "emerging_law_note": "Label pre-2025 cases as pre-ARSPA. Always re-read current MCL after the April 2025 effective package.",
  "page": "/Pages/US/MI/mi.html",
  "region_group": "US",
  "status_badges": {
    "AI-Single": "Statute",
    "AI-Married": "Statute",
    "NI": "Banned",
    "Contract": "Unknown"
  }
}