Tuesday June 23rd, 2020
If you have already started down the path of working with a surrogate to begin or add to your family, or if you are considering […]
Friday April 10th, 2020
Individuals and couples in New York who are considering working with a gestational surrogate to become parents no longer need to leave the state to […]
Tuesday January 14th, 2020
Tuesday January 14th, 2020
In a pair of legal decisions handed down in December just before the holidays, the French Court of Cassation ruled that both members of a […]
Tuesday October 22nd, 2019
Tuesday October 22nd, 2019
Here in the United States where surrogacy is an increasingly common way to start or add to a family, it is easy sometimes to forget […]
Wednesday September 25th, 2019
Wednesday September 25th, 2019
Intended parents in New Zealand are currently subject to the country’s Adoption Act, passed into law some 64 years ago. Under that antiquated law, parents […]
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019
Unlike in many other countries, a child born in the United States is a citizen of the United States, regardless of its parents’ citizenship status. […]
Monday August 12th, 2019
Same-sex couples in Utah are celebrating a recent Utah Supreme Court decision which overturned an outdated state law governing surrogacy. That law prohibited same-sex couples […]
Friday July 12th, 2019
A new law in Virginia, signed by Governor Ralph Northam last month, should make it easier for same-sex male couples and single people to become […]
Monday May 13th, 2019
If you are considering using a gestational carrier or surrogate to help you start or grow your family and want to use an agency, it […]
Thursday March 14th, 2019
Thursday March 14th, 2019
Last year, we shared the struggle some Spanish families were having trying to get their children born through surrogacy in the Ukraine out of the […]
Tuesday March 12th, 2019
In 2015, Jay Timmons and Rick Olson, a same-sex couple from Virginia, used a donor embryo from a friend and a gestational carrier in Wisconsin […]
Thursday March 7th, 2019
The New Jersey legislature recently passed a bill expanding the state’s paid family leave. Signed into law on February 19, 2019 by NJ Governor Phil […]
Tuesday February 26th, 2019
Tuesday February 26th, 2019
International surrogacy is becoming increasingly popular for couples from Ireland, where surrogacy isn’t currently regulated. While the country’s legislature is evaluating a new law governing […]
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
Until recently, the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 2008 (HFEA) has only recognized couples as legal parents to children conceived through surrogacy arrangements. […]
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
Tuesday January 15th, 2019
New York residents who want to begin or expand their families through surrogacy may soon be able to legally enter into paid surrogacy agreements, thanks […]
Thursday January 10th, 2019
Thursday January 10th, 2019
Before you work with a fertility clinic or enter into a surrogacy arrangement with someone located in another country, you should contact an attorney who […]