Proceso legal de surrogacy

The Carrier Agreement, also called a surrogacy contract or surrogacy agreement, is the legal contract between the gestational carrier (surrogate) and the intended parent(s). The agreement will lay out each party's rights and responsibilities. It should carefully outline the surrogate's responsibilities to you as the intended parents, such as attending all required medical appointments, maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the pregnancy, and maintaining contact with the intended parents. The surrogacy agreement will also ensure the gestational carrier relinquishes her claim to parental rights over the child following the child's birth.

The surrogacy agreement will also detail the intended parents' responsibilities to the surrogate, outline their financial obligations and carefully list all the expenses they must cover throughout the surrogacy. The surrogacy agreement must also outline all potential risks and liabilities and describe each party's responsibilities should certain contingencies occur, such as a caesarian section or miscarriage. It is essential that all parties involved in a surrogacy agreement ensure the agreement adheres to their state's surrogacy laws. It is also important that all parties utilize competent attorneys in the drafting and negotiating of the agreement.

The most pressing legal issue facing any intended parent is the enforceability of the surrogacy agreement between the intended parents and the surrogate and the establishment of the Intended Parents' parentage rights. It is important that all parties work with experienced attorneys with knowledge of the requirements in the jurisdiction where the parentage legal work will occur when drafting and negotiating their contracts so that their contracts will be upheld throughout their surrogacy and that proper parentage rights will be granted and birth certificates will reflect proper parentage. It is necessary to draw up a legally binding and thorough surrogacy contract, but it ultimately comes down to the state to enforce the contract and provide the official documentation that establishes the parental rights of the intended parents.

The Pre-birth order is a court order establishing the Intended Parents' parentage of their baby being carried by their surrogate, and is one of the most important documents of the entire surrogacy process. This document ensures that the intended parents are the sole parents of the child immediately upon birth. Each state has its own set of requirements (either in statutes or case law) necessary to establish the intended parents' rights through the court proceeding. In general, it's best to start the parentage process as early as possible after confirmation of pregnancy so that the court order is in place prior to birth.

Similar a la Pre-Birth Order, esta orden judicial establece la filiación del Intended Parent de su bebé que está siendo gestado por la Surrogate. Se necesita una Post-Birth Order en ciertos estados donde el padre o madre no biológico se agrega al certificado de nacimiento después del nacimiento del bebé.

In some cases, the intended parents will need to complete an adoption process to attain full legal parental rights over the child. Most situations that require adoption typically involve intended parents where one parent is not biologically related to the child. In those cases, the non-biological parent is adopting his/her spouse's biological child. It is usually a simpler, more stream-lined process than a full-scale adoption.

En algunos estados, los intended parents pueden establecer la filiación de su hijo antes de que nazca haciendo que un abogado presente una pre-birth order. Esto generalmente involucra que los intended parents y la Surrogate firmen declaraciones documentando los derechos parentales del bebé por nacer. Tener una pre-birth order protege los derechos legales de los intended parents y asegura que el proceso posterior al nacimiento transcurra sin problemas.

Algunos estados pueden no permitirte completar órdenes pre-birth ni post-birth. Esto te deja con la última forma de establecer la filiación: una adopción. Cómo completes la adopción varía dependiendo de factores como tu estado civil. El proceso típicamente involucra asistir a una audiencia de adopción, para la cual tu abogado de surrogacy te prepara.