CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec

Section 541.3 Disposition versions

2024-03-06

541.3. The contribution made to the parental project by the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to a child must be gratuitous. However, the woman or person is entitled, in accordance with the standards determined by government regulation, to the reimbursement or payment of certain expenses and to compensation, where applicable, for loss of work income resulting from that contribution. If domiciled outside Québec, the woman or person is also entitled, as provided for by the law of the State of their domicile, to the reimbursement or payment of certain expenses and to compensation for loss of work income.

The person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project may not claim reimbursement of the amounts they paid under the first paragraph for the sole reason that the project was not carried to completion.

2023, c. 13, ss. 20 and 70.

2023-06-06

541.3. The contribution made to the parental project by the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to a child must be gratuitous. However, the woman or person is entitled to the reimbursement of expenses and to compensation, where applicable, for loss of work income as allowed by the Reimbursement Related to Assisted Human Reproduction Regulations (SOR/2019-193) adopted under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act (S.C. 2004, c. 2). If domiciled outside Québec, the woman or person is also entitled to reimbursement or payment of certain expenses and to compensation for loss of work income provided for by the law of the State of their domicile.

The person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project may not claim reimbursement of the amounts they paid under the first paragraph for the sole reason that the project was not carried to completion.

2023, c. 13, ss. 20 and 70.