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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, […]