Legal Parentage After Domestic Surrogacy Arrangements

Legal Parentage After Domestic Surrogacy Arrangements

Accredited Family Law Specialist and Page Provan Director Stephen Page presented a paper at Growing Families‘ National Conference Day Sydney.

His paper “Legal Parentage After Domestic Surrogacy Arrangements” discusses three matters:

  • the overall discussion of surrogacy in Australia;
  • how the intended parents become the parents (including overcoming obstruction from a difficult surrogate);
  • how to reduce risk in your surrogacy journey.

DOWNLOAD THE PAPER HERE.

 

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