by | Oct 3, 2013 | All Articles, Surrogacy
Every family is different; every child’s upbringing unique. However, having more than two adults in a child’s life is not particularly uncommon in a modern family, as couples separate and new partners arrive on the scene. Step-parents have been an accepted...
by | Oct 2, 2013 | All Articles, LGBT, Surrogacy
Does UK surrogacy leave give Intended Parents the right to receive maternity or paternity leave where a surrogate mother has given birth to a child? As from 5th April 2015, the Children and Families Act grants applicants for Parental Orders in surrogacy arrangements...
by | Feb 28, 2011 | All Articles, Surrogacy, Surrogacy Q&A
The law in the UK in relation to Surrogacy Arrangements is complicated and can lack the certainty that most couples wanting to have children seek. Many British couples are therefore attracted to going abroad, where in some countries, a much more liberal approach is...
by | May 16, 2010 | All Articles, Child Law, Surrogacy
Has UK surrogacy law really considered how it might approach surrogate twins abandoned by their intended parents? Does it leave the surrogate mother to care for a child she did not expect or force the intended parent to take a child she is not likely to care for? UK...
by | May 14, 2010 | All Articles, Child Law, Surrogacy
This Act is already in force and has had a substantial impact upon the LGBT community for lesbian or gay couples wishing to have children through fertility treatment. What does the Act do? The Act allows a lesbian couple (A and B) who are in a civil partnership at the...
by | May 14, 2010 | All Articles, Surrogacy, Surrogacy Q&A
Our surrogacy lawyers provide advice below on the current surrogacy laws:From 6th April 2010 the surrogacy rules were revolutionized regarding the assignment of parental rights and the recording of non-biological parents on a child’s birth certificate.How the...
