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Stephanie Brinkley Presented Before the Paris Bar Association

Assisted reproductive technology attorney, Stephanie Brinkley presented in Paris at the Panel Discussion: “Surrogacy and legal/ethical between France and the United States.” Read More
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Surrogacy Insurance: What You Need to Know

Surrogacy is an exciting personal journey for both intended parents and surrogates. It’s also a medical, legal, and financial journey—which means that surrogacy and insurance go together. We are often asked, “How does surrogacy work with insura… Read More
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What to Expect During Psychological Screening for Surrogacy

Choosing to offer your services as a gestational surrogate is a big decision. Through gestational surrogacy, you can make another family’s dreams of having children come true. Even though gestational surrogates are compensated for their time and ef… Read More
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Birth Certificates and Parentage Orders in Surrogacy

As surrogacy attorneys, we hear a lot of questions from parents about surrogacy and birth certificates: “In surrogacy, who goes on the birth certificate as parents?” “If I am not a biological parent, how do I get on the birth certificate for my… Read More
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A Guide to International Surrogacy

In every country in the world, there are hopeful parents who want nothing more than to bring home a baby to expand their family. For many of those people, gestational surrogacy is the best way to create a child. Unfortunately, surrogacy is illegal in… Read More
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What is Included in a Surrogacy Agreement?

A surrogacy agreement, or surrogacy contract, defines the rights and responsibilities to all parties to a surrogacy. When properly drafted, a surrogacy agreement protects both the intended parents and the surrogate, and helps the surrogacy experience… Read More
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Choosing the Right Surrogacy Attorney

Whether you are hoping to become a parent through surrogacy, or want to act as a surrogate to help someone else become a parent, choosing a surrogacy attorney is one of the most important decisions you will make. Unless you have been through the proc… Read More
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How to Choose the Right Surrogacy Agency

If you are considering surrogacy, either as a potential surrogate or an intended parent, you are probably wondering what the process is like and how to navigate it. A first step is choosing a surrogacy agency that can provide the answers to those, an… Read More
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How Much Does Surrogacy Cost?

The journey to parenthood can be a difficult one, and for many intended parents, that journey takes them to surrogacy. Intended parents choose surrogacy for a variety of reasons, but whatever led them to the decision, they are usually, and understand… Read More
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Tax Deduction for Surrogacy Expenses

Starting or expanding a family, as every parent knows, can be a costly venture with priceless dividends. Those costs are usually higher than average when the journey to parenthood includes surrogacy. Many intended parents who are working with a surro… Read More
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