Application for joint maternity
A joint mother is a woman who has been given legal status as a parent of the biological child of her female spouse or cohabiting partner. The child must have been conceived with the aid of in vitro fertilisation.
Application for co-maternity
If you’re not married or registered as residents at the same address in the National Population Register, you must provide proof that you were cohabiting partners when the assisted fertilisation took place. Such proof could be a declaration of cohabitation or a rental agreement. The proof must be signed by both of you.
If you believe that you’re registered with the wrong address in the National Population Register, please report a change of address. You can find more information about moving. If you’re changing your address, and the date for the change of address is after the assisted fertilisation took place, you must still provide additional proof that you were cohabiting partners.
In order for the mother's spouse/cohabiting partner to become a joint mother, you must both complete the form.
Enclosures
You must enclose the following with the application:
- Consent to in vitro fertilisation (from spouse/cohabiting partner).The form is in Norwegian.
- Documentation from an approved medical centre confirming that the in vitro fertilisation took place.
- Documentation confirming that the child is entitled to be told the identity of the sperm donor. It must be stated that there are procedures or registers that ensure that this right can be upheld. Children conceived through in vitro fertilisation from sperm donated from and including 1 January 2021 will have access to this information when they turn 15. Children conceived through in vitro fertilisation from sperm donated before 1 January 2021 will have access to information about the donor’s identity when they turn 18.
- Confirmation from the doctor that is treating you stating that the assisted fertilisation has resulted in a pregnancy, as well as a confirmation of the child’s due date.
- Those who receive assisted fertilisation treatment abroad must themselves prove that the health service fulfils the same requirements as approved health service in Norway, and that the health service has been approved by the government in the country in which the fertilisation treatment took place. Approved health services in Norway is health services that have been approved to perform assisted fertilisation treatments in accordance with the Biotechnology Act and Regulation No. 222 of 7 March 2008 about the requirements for quality and safety in handling human cells and tissue.
Send your application and enclosures to
Skatteetaten
P.O Box 9200 Grønland
0134 OSLO