Gestational Surrogacy

Connecticut Gestational and Traditional Surrogacy Law

Our agency, Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists, LLC, together with the experience of the law firm, will assist you in finding your surrogate or gestational carrier.  We also help Intended Parents obtain prebirth court orders that set out the rights and obligations of the Intended Parents and terminate the parental rights of the surrogate. We meet with parents and explain the surrogacy and gestational carrier laws in the state of Connecticut. For legal assistance and advice regarding a gestational surrogacy contract, contact us for a consultation.

CT Law Tribune Article - Gestational Carrier Agreements

Gestational Surrogacy

There are two types of surrogacy: gestational and traditional. In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate's egg is fertilized by artificial insemination. In gestational surrogacy, in vitro fertilization is used to transfer another woman's fertilized egg, or embryo, in the surrogate's uterus. In gestational surrogacy, unlike in traditional surrogacy, the surrogate mother is not the genetic mother.

Surrogacy and Gestational Carrier Contracts

Many factors are considered when drafting a surrogacy or gestational carrier contract. Some of these factors include:

• Egg donation, sperm donation, and in vitro fertilization (IVF) transfer for pregnancy
• Parental constitutional rights and right to privacy
• Carrier's constitutional rights
• Birth certificate identification
• Authorization to review the surrogate's health and medical records
• Surrogate selection (surrogate assessment, surrogate screening)
• Communicating with and getting to know the carrier or surrogate and her family
• Confidentiality
• Parties' intentions
• Medical insurance coverage for surrogacy
• Compensation for Living Expenses, Etc.

Legal Rights of Intended Parents

The parties to a gestational surrogacy contract include the Intended Mother and father and the surrogate or carrier and her spouse, if she is married. Every surrogacy agreement, whether for traditional surrogacy or gestational surrogacy, must state that the Intended Parents shall become the legal parents of the child or children born to the carrier. While the surrogate in a gestational surrogacy is not genetically related to the child, you still need a legally enforceable gestational surrogacy agreement.

For comprehensive legal advice on Connecticut surrogacy and gestational carrier law, contact us for a complementary consultation with one of our surrogacy attorneys.