Surrogacy

Surrogacy occurs when a woman becomes pregnant for the purpose of carrying a child for intended parents. Traditional surrogacy is when a woman uses her own egg and the intended father’s sperm. A woman is called a gestational surrogate or carrier when she becomes pregnant using a donor egg fertilized outside her womb. The family receiving the child are called the intended parents. Assisted Reproductive Technology (“ART”) involves fertility treatments where egg and sperm are combined in the laboratory and returned

to the surrogate’s body. The surrogate can be the egg donor or an unrelated

gestational carrier.

DENA MOORE LAW GROUP provides professional and personalized

service to both intended parents and surrogates. Before beginning medical

procedures, the intended parents and surrogate will enter into a contract with

each other setting out each party’s obligations toward their mutual goal of

achieving pregnancy, birth, and legal parenthood. The surrogacy contract will

cover such issues as surrogate compensation, health and life insurance, non-

covered medical expenses, medical screening, psychological evaluations, and

attorney fees.

DENA MOORE LAW GROUP will help you during the contract creation

process and the subsequent legal process to ensure that your surrogacy

experience is as stress-free and smooth as possible.