Surrogacy agreements are the first stage in a two-step process. The purpose of the surrogacy agreement is to allow all parties to state their intentions and their responsibilities to one another. The agreement will clearly state that the surrogate does not intend to parent any resulting child(ren) and does not wish to have physical or legal custody of any resulting child(ren). The surrogacy agreement will also define the rights and responsibilities of the intended parents.
SURROGACY LAW
BECOMING A PARENT VIA SURROGACY IS AN EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL JOURNEY
For those who choose traditional surrogacy or gestational surrogacy as their path to parenthood, the surrogacy process can be emotional and overwhelming. As a parent of twin boys via egg donation and surrogacy, IFLG founder Rich Vaughn understands the challenges you are facing and the rewards to come.
With an extensive nationwide network of highly qualified ART attorneys, we make sure your surrogacy agreement is in compliance with the laws in your surrogate’s state of residence and that your parental authority is legally established.
IFLG’s team of fertility law professionals will work with you to develop a customized surrogacy agreement that protects the health, privacy and legal rights of you and your family, your surrogate and her family, and your child. We guide you every step of the way—from conception to birth—negotiating tough issues such as your role during the pregnancy and birth, circumstances under which embryo reduction or termination of the pregnancy may be considered, and the surrogate’s responsibilities to you and your child.
We at IFLG consider it our greatest honor and privilege to help you create a happy, legally secure family through surrogacy. Contact us today….
Click HERE for a list of Surrogacy Resources.
SURROGACY LAW
Industry Leader
As leaders in the field of surrogacy law, we customize your surrogacy agreement to you and to the legal requirements of the state where your surrogate resides and gives birth.
Draft or provide legal review of surrogate agreements
Draft legal clearance letters required by physicians / agencies assisting in surrogacy
Keep surrogacy agencies informed on your contract process and legal proceedings
Fund Management for your surrogacy process through a client-trust account
Provide Guardianship designations & Healthcare Powers of Attorney
FAQs
Each state has different laws regarding surrogacy. It is important for you to be aware of not only the laws regarding surrogacy, but also the laws regarding how to establish yourself as parent within the state where your baby will be born. International Fertility Law Group has experienced attorneys throughout the United States.
Preparing and finalizing your surrogacy agreement involves several steps. The following briefly describes the process from start to finish:
- We’ll first send you a written attorney services agreement to review. It will explain the services we will provide and the cost. Sign and date it, and send it back to our office with your payment.
- Once we have received your signed attorney services agreement, we’ll start work.
- If you intend to use a surrogate, then once you have a match, and your surrogate is medically cleared to proceed, we will prepare the first draft of your surrogacy agreement and send it to you for review. Read it carefully, and call or email us with your questions, comments or suggested revisions. To avoid delay, it is a good idea for you to plan to review the agreement and contact us within two days after you receive it.
- Next, the surrogate will receive your approved draft of the agreement for review with an attorney. If the surrogate requests any changes, we’ll review them and send you a redlined version, showing the requested changes. We will advise you accordingly, negotiate any revisions as needed, finalize the agreement, and send it out to all parties with signing instructions.
- Once we receive signatures from all parties, we will issue a “legal clearance” letter to inform your IVF Physician that you are legally cleared to proceed with your cycle.
If you will be using an egg donor as well as a surrogate, please see our Egg Donation FAQ page for a step-by-step explanation of how egg donor agreements are prepared.
The finalization and execution of your surrogacy agreement can take three to four weeks, depending on how quickly the drafts of the agreement are reviewed and approved. We start working on the agreement once the surrogate is medically cleared, and we generally are able to produce a draft of your surrogacy agreement within three to four days of receiving the signed attorney services agreement and the necessary information regarding your match with your surrogate. We must then account for the time needed for you to review the agreement, as well as the time needed for the surrogate to review the agreement.
Most IVF physicians’ offices require a surrogacy agreement to be in place before your surrogate commences injectable medications. It is always best to have a surrogacy agreement in place as soon as possible.
We offer single-price, all-inclusive service packages, as well as reasonable hourly rates. Please call our office for further pricing information.
It is in both your and your surrogate’s best interest to have an attorney knowledgeable about surrogacy law explain the agreement.
The purpose of the surrogacy agreement is to allow each party to state their intentions and to clearly state that the surrogate DOES NOT intend to have parental rights to the child and DOES NOT wish to have physical or legal custody of the child. The second stage of the process requires a parental order, most often in court, during which any rights of the surrogate (and her husband, if she is married) are terminated and the intended parents’ parental rights are confirmed.
In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate is not biologically related to any resulting child(ren). This type of surrogacy involves eggs (from an intended mother, or an egg donor) fertilized in vitro (“in vitro fertilization,” or “IVF”). Once fertilized, these embryos are transferred to the uterus of the surrogate.
In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate’s own eggs are used to conceive the child, so she is biologically related to the resulting child(ren). The procedure used to establish the pregnancy is generally referred to as “intrauterine insemination,” or “IUI,” although IVF and embryo transfer can also be used with a traditional surrogate.
Because all of our work is completed via email, fax, phone/video conferencing, FedEx and U.S. mail, you never need to come to our office, although of course you are very welcome to visit us any time.
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BECOMING A PARENT VIA SURROGACY IS AN EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL JOURNEY
For those who choose traditional surrogacy or gestational surrogacy as their path to parenthood, the surrogacy process can be emotional and overwhelming. As a parent of twin boys via egg donation and surrogacy, IFLG founder Rich Vaughn understands the challenges you are facing and the rewards to come.
With an extensive nationwide network of highly qualified ART attorneys, we make sure your surrogacy agreement is in compliance with the laws in your surrogate’s state of residence and that your parental authority is legally established.
IFLG’s team of fertility law professionals will work with you to develop a customized surrogacy agreement that protects the health, privacy and legal rights of you and your family, your surrogate and her family, and your child. We guide you every step of the way—from conception to birth—negotiating tough issues such as your role during the pregnancy and birth, circumstances under which embryo reduction or termination of the pregnancy may be considered, and the surrogate’s responsibilities to you and your child.
We at IFLG consider it our greatest honor and privilege to help you create a happy, legally secure family through surrogacy. Contact us today….
Click HERE for a list of Surrogacy Resources.
SURROGACY LAW
Industry Leader
As leaders in the field of surrogacy law, we customize your surrogacy agreement to you and to the legal requirements of the state where your surrogate resides and gives birth.
- What We Do
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Draft or provide legal review of surrogate agreements
Draft legal clearance letters required by physicians / agencies assisting in surrogacy
Keep surrogacy agencies informed on your contract process and legal proceedings
Fund Management for your surrogacy process through a client-trust account
Provide Guardianship designations & Healthcare Powers of Attorney
- FAQs
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FAQs
Surrogacy agreements are the first stage in a two-step process. The purpose of the surrogacy agreement is to allow all parties to state their intentions and their responsibilities to one another. The agreement will clearly state that the surrogate does not intend to parent any resulting child(ren) and does not wish to have physical or legal custody of any resulting child(ren). The surrogacy agreement will also define the rights and responsibilities of the intended parents.
Each state has different laws regarding surrogacy. It is important for you to be aware of not only the laws regarding surrogacy, but also the laws regarding how to establish yourself as parent within the state where your baby will be born. International Fertility Law Group has experienced attorneys throughout the United States.
Preparing and finalizing your surrogacy agreement involves several steps. The following briefly describes the process from start to finish:
- We’ll first send you a written attorney services agreement to review. It will explain the services we will provide and the cost. Sign and date it, and send it back to our office with your payment.
- Once we have received your signed attorney services agreement, we’ll start work.
- If you intend to use a surrogate, then once you have a match, and your surrogate is medically cleared to proceed, we will prepare the first draft of your surrogacy agreement and send it to you for review. Read it carefully, and call or email us with your questions, comments or suggested revisions. To avoid delay, it is a good idea for you to plan to review the agreement and contact us within two days after you receive it.
- Next, the surrogate will receive your approved draft of the agreement for review with an attorney. If the surrogate requests any changes, we’ll review them and send you a redlined version, showing the requested changes. We will advise you accordingly, negotiate any revisions as needed, finalize the agreement, and send it out to all parties with signing instructions.
- Once we receive signatures from all parties, we will issue a “legal clearance” letter to inform your IVF Physician that you are legally cleared to proceed with your cycle.
If you will be using an egg donor as well as a surrogate, please see our Egg Donation FAQ page for a step-by-step explanation of how egg donor agreements are prepared.
The finalization and execution of your surrogacy agreement can take three to four weeks, depending on how quickly the drafts of the agreement are reviewed and approved. We start working on the agreement once the surrogate is medically cleared, and we generally are able to produce a draft of your surrogacy agreement within three to four days of receiving the signed attorney services agreement and the necessary information regarding your match with your surrogate. We must then account for the time needed for you to review the agreement, as well as the time needed for the surrogate to review the agreement.
Most IVF physicians’ offices require a surrogacy agreement to be in place before your surrogate commences injectable medications. It is always best to have a surrogacy agreement in place as soon as possible.
We offer single-price, all-inclusive service packages, as well as reasonable hourly rates. Please call our office for further pricing information.
It is in both your and your surrogate’s best interest to have an attorney knowledgeable about surrogacy law explain the agreement.
The purpose of the surrogacy agreement is to allow each party to state their intentions and to clearly state that the surrogate DOES NOT intend to have parental rights to the child and DOES NOT wish to have physical or legal custody of the child. The second stage of the process requires a parental order, most often in court, during which any rights of the surrogate (and her husband, if she is married) are terminated and the intended parents’ parental rights are confirmed.
In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate is not biologically related to any resulting child(ren). This type of surrogacy involves eggs (from an intended mother, or an egg donor) fertilized in vitro (“in vitro fertilization,” or “IVF”). Once fertilized, these embryos are transferred to the uterus of the surrogate.
In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate’s own eggs are used to conceive the child, so she is biologically related to the resulting child(ren). The procedure used to establish the pregnancy is generally referred to as “intrauterine insemination,” or “IUI,” although IVF and embryo transfer can also be used with a traditional surrogate.
Because all of our work is completed via email, fax, phone/video conferencing, FedEx and U.S. mail, you never need to come to our office, although of course you are very welcome to visit us any time.
