Monday January 8th, 2018
The mission for The Surrogacy Law Center this year remains the same: To help as many people as possible achieve the family they always dreamed […]
Wednesday December 27th, 2017
Wednesday December 27th, 2017
For The Surrogacy Law Center 2017 was a year of moves. The Law firm moved to a new offices in Carlsbad that offers the staff […]
Monday May 8th, 2017
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Neena Sharma granted a woman a comprehensive settlement from severe injuries sustained in a 2011 head-on collision caused by an intoxicated […]
Monday February 27th, 2017
Monday February 27th, 2017
In two separate parts of the world, surrogacy bans and issuance of birth certificates continue to wreak havoc on parents wanting to return home with […]
Wednesday February 15th, 2017
Wednesday February 15th, 2017
State lawmakers Rep. John Lesch and Sen. Sandra Pappas recently unveiled the Minnesota Gestational Carrier Act with the intent to regulate the surrogacy industry. Currently, […]
Wednesday January 18th, 2017
Wednesday January 18th, 2017
An Italian court has ruled that a same-sex couple’s twins, born to a California surrogate in 2015, are not in fact brothers, despite being born […]
Tuesday September 27th, 2016
Tuesday September 27th, 2016
On September 16, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 2349 that will protect the rights of those who have their children via […]
Wednesday June 29th, 2016
Wednesday June 29th, 2016
Rudy Rupak has had his day in court. Rupak, the founder of Planet Hospital, a medical tourism company based in California and specializing in assisted […]
Monday May 2nd, 2016
The judgment is in. Gordon Lake and his husband, Manuel Santos, who have been involved in an emotionally charged, high-profile custody battle with their Thai […]
Wednesday March 30th, 2016
Wednesday March 30th, 2016
For more than a year, Gordon Lake and Manuel Santos have been fighting to bring their baby Carmen home, who was born to a surrogate […]
Tuesday February 23rd, 2016
Tuesday February 23rd, 2016
The fear of Zika has escalated ever since the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the virus an international public health emergency. Real concerns […]
Monday February 1st, 2016
Monday February 1st, 2016
The Italian Parliament recently revealed its preparations to debate a civil unions bill for same-sex couples. While Italy seems to be taking a step toward […]
Wednesday January 27th, 2016
Wednesday January 27th, 2016
Mexico was once considered a thriving destination for commercial surrogacy, but now its surrogacy business is in a precarious state. The invitation to foreigners to […]
Monday January 18th, 2016
Monday January 18th, 2016
A recent story making headlines is utterly heartbreaking. A gay Israeli couple was forced to return an infant born via surrogacy after a DNA test […]
Friday December 18th, 2015
Friday December 18th, 2015
The IRS is facing scrutiny over its refusal to allow tax deductions for same-sex couples incurring medical expenses related to infertility treatments in order to […]
Monday December 7th, 2015
Monday December 7th, 2015
Sherri Shepherd fought hard in a Pennsylvania courtroom to invalidate the surrogacy contract she and her ex-husband, Lamar Sally, entered into with a gestational carrier, […]