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Surrogacy: Commissioning families
Joanna Kay outlines the regulatory framework and potential pitfalls when advising on surrogacies ‘Under English law, to be recognised as the parents, a commissioning couple needs to either apply to court for a parental order within six months of the birth, or to adopt the children.’There was uproar surrounding the first commercial surrogacy in Britain …
Cases Referenced
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- Re G (Surrogacy: Foreign Domicile) [2007] EWHC 2814 (Fam)
- Re IJ (A Child) [2011] EWHC 921 (Fam)
- Re L (a minor) [2010] EWHC 3146 (Fam)
- Re S (Parental Order) [2009] EWHC 2977(Fam)
- Re X and Y (Foreign Surrogacy) [2008] EWHC 3030 (Fam)