Section 30.5 Surrogacy and Genetic Relationship to the Child

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

C. (§30.5) Surrogacy and Genetic Relationship to the Child

A “surrogate mother” (gestational carrier) is used when the intended mother in the ARTs process cannot bear the child conceived as the result of the process. These arrangements are called surrogacy agreements, or gestational carrier agreements. Surrogacy arrangements differ by the manner in which the intended parents are, or are not, genetically related to the child.

In one type of traditional surrogacy arrangement, the ovum of the surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the sperm of the intended father. The child in this arrangement is genetically related to the intended...