{
  "code": "US-NY",
  "name": "New York",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "black_letter": "New York\u2019s Child-Parent Security Act (Family Court Act Art. 5-C) modernized parentage for assisted reproduction and surrogacy. Donor non-parentage and intended-parent pathways are statutory but documentation- and procedure-sensitive\u2014map coding is Conditional. Informal AI is not an automatic safe harbor; NI is outside CPSA assisted-reproduction design.",
  "ai_informal": "statute_conditional",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "often",
  "agreement_effect": "evidence_only",
  "key_citations": [
    {
      "label": "FCA Art. 5-C",
      "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/A5-C"
    },
    {
      "label": "FCA \u00a7 581-302 (Status of donor)",
      "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/581-302",
      "quote": "A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction."
    },
    {
      "label": "FCA \u00a7 581-202 (judgment / donative intent \u2014 known donor proof)",
      "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/581-202",
      "quote": "The following shall be deemed sufficient proof of a donor\u2019s donative intent for purposes of this section: \u2026 (where the donor is known) a statement signed by the donor and gestating parent confirming that the donor has no parental or proprietary interest in the gametes or embryos, or providing the donor with at least 20 days prior notice of the proceeding."
    }
  ],
  "emerging_law_note": "Where public materials are thin, \u201cUnknown\u201d means no clear published safe harbor for informal arrangements\u2014not that private donation is criminal. Further clarity often requires litigation or legislation.",
  "page": "/Pages/US/NY/ny.html",
  "region_group": "US",
  "status_badges": {
    "AI-Single": "Conditional",
    "AI-Married": "Conditional",
    "NI": "Banned",
    "Contract": "Unknown"
  }
}